Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Carver

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 14:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arthur Carver

Arthur Carver (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

This is a hoax. There are no relevant hits in Google on any variation of this name or "Enrico Pauli"; neither man is mentioned in our comprehensive History of television article; and neither man is mentioned in either of these works:

  • Abramson, Albert. The History of Television, 1880 to 1941. (1987). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 0899502849.
  • Burns, R. W. Television: An international history of the formative years. (1998) IEE History of Technology Series, 22. IEE: London. ISBN 0852969147.

I also checked the Dictionary of Scientific Biography and a couple other scientific biographical dictionaries; no mention. The "inventor of television" should be considerably more prominent than this; therefore this article seems to be patent nonsense and I'm moving to delete it as untrue. --phoebe 18:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete — at best, this is unverified original research. Demiurge 19:32, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
  • ...And that's at best. Delete. I wish there was a speedy criteria for blatant hoaxes. -- Kicking222 20:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as fast as possible, the rudimentary TV camera was invented by Paul Nipkow in 1884, perfected by John L. Baird in 1923 and the first experimental transmission was in 1928 by the radio amateur CF Jenkins(W3XK). Alf photoman 23:04, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Actually, there IS a speedy delete for blatant hoaxes, G3 vandalism, see Silly vandalism. And that's what ought to happen to this vast wasteland of an article. Nothing is right about this , General Electric was never known as "American General Electrical Company", and even "Edison" isn't spelled right. Tubezone 08:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.