Talk:Breathing apparatus

Primary topic?

I don't agree that breathing set should be a primary topic as it is a general class of apparatus that is usually described in terms of the specific classes, therefore more suited as a disambiguation article, though it could be usefully expanded a little. • • • Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 12:26, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Giving it a go anyway

Not really disambiguation either, as the types all have distinctive names. Lets see how it pans out as a primary topic. Any useful suggestions for layout welcome, otherwise I will be playing it by ear. A clear, logical structure is desirable, but not obvious, as most examples of breathing sets fall under two or three categories, and the categories are not hierarchical, but form something of a 3 dimensional matrix, which does not lend itself to a linear structure of sections and subsections. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 17:59, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Gave it a go. It could do with more references and wikilinks, but I don't think anything is controversial. Suggestions for improvements remain welcome. If you plan to do anything radical, please let me know. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 06:52, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

It got bigger than I expected, and there are a few things I could not find sources for and also have no personal experience with, so not yet complete coverage.

The glossary will be split out when content seems to be as far as I can go for now, so probably in a week or two. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 17:03, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Glossary has been split out to Glossary of breathing apparatus terminology. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 13:36, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Rename to breathing apparatus

Technically the more correct term, as apparatus is better defined and less ambiguous than set for this application. Unless someone provides a logical and reasoned objection supported by evidence, I will probably make the change after a week or so. Breathing set will be kept as a redirect. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 10:22, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

There are several definitions for breathing apparatus on the web, both generic and specific, but none that I could find for breathing set per se, so will make the change sooner in the reasonable expectation that no-one will come up with strong evidence against the change. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 08:59, 13 July 2023 (UTC).

Done.· · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 11:35, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Copy edit tag

Hi Miniapolis, you recently tagged Breathing apparatus as needing copy editing, but it is not clear what problems you identified. Grammar, style, cohesion, tone, and spelling are listed as possibilities in the banner, but is seems unlikely that they would all be equally problematic. Could you give a brief explanation of what I should look for to try to fix the problems? While I am entirely in favour of copy editing of any article at any time as a general principle, I would like to sort out what I can myself, thereby reducing the workload on others. Please ping with reply. Cheers · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 08:17, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

It doesn't need much work, @Pbsouthwood:, but the page showed up here on Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Database Report:

* 9 - Breathing apparatus - "isused", "environmentss", "suppied", "temorarily", "alive.There", "upressurised", "maintanied", "convenience.Masks", "surface.The"

Unless someone else has already corrected the typos, you can control-F and fix them; Beland's reports contain a lot of articles, and I have time to tag but not fix them. All the best, Miniapolis 13:02, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Y all done. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 14:00, 10 October 2023 (UTC)