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Please discuss File:GG_and_OL.tif on talk:Greenhouse gas? I think you need to supply sources for its validity. See wp:verifiablity. The use on that page will likely need significant refinement. It was kind of a splat in the middle of the page. It does look good. Would you have an SVG image, would you? Tiff is kind of unusual, though this one is is fairly compact. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 21:03, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ethine's (or ethyne) common name, I believe, is acetylene. WP:common names are preferred on Wikipedia. Ethyne is mentioned in the acetylene article, but not ethine. Though there is a ethine redirect.

Converting a tiff to svg probably results in a tiff inside a svg file. Have you tried https://inkscape.org/de ? Jim1138 (talk) 02:01, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jim1138: Acetylene is the common name for welders (in welding) and an alternative name in trade. There are shown chemical reactions in the picture, that is why I prefer the scientific name: ethine (ethyne seems to me personally like a misspelling that sounds similar). I will update on svg soon.--Smiles :( :\ :o :() (talk) 14:55, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My seventh edition of Perry's uses Acetylene and mentions neither ethyne nor ethine in the organics table and index. My ancient 62nd CRC Phys Chem also uses acetylene and neither ethyne nor ethine. An Indian friend of mine was miffed when she was dinged for using natrium instead of sodium. I think you need to set us straight! ;=) I can't spell anymore as I'm constantly reverting or changing British, American, Australian, Canadian English back and forth depending on the article. Center <--> centre back and forth. wp:engvar. I think half the people who I correspond with here think I'm British. I'd recommend using the chemical names of the articles. Jim1138 (talk) 16:59, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's true, in my memory the old and first word for this compound in modern science was acetylene. But they had to find unified and logical names for all chemical substances. Acetylene is like an old nickname, but the quantity of compounds is too big to be familiar. (German chemists write: Ethin; Spanish Scientist write: Etino; and I often read "ethine" in English literature) As I had to read and write a lot of chemical texts during my chemistry study I know the problems with the "common wealth" of English varieties. I understand Natrium, but I like more the difference between "tungsten and Wolfram" (because Wolfram is a German first name and it sounds funny when it is pronounced in English)