Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NORFED

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This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was keep Liberty dollar and merge and redirect NORFED to it. —Korath (Talk) 01:38, Mar 28, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] NORFED and Liberty dollar

Spam, advertising, advocacy. RickK 06:30, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

  • Already exists in Liberty dollar article. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:31, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
    • And that other one is up for deletion too. Interesting. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:33, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
      • Yeah, I listed that here when I found it linked from the NORFED article. RickK 06:46, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - very informative 216.153.214.94 06:55, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Spam, advertising, advocacy, echo, echo, echo. —Korath (Talk) 16:13, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak keep and rewrite While I'd never heard of it, "NORFED" gets some 7,500 google hits, so it may have some notability in some circles; if this can be shown I don't object to an article written in a way that doesn't sound like an advertisment. Note that the phrase "Liberty dollar" is common for historic USA coins depicting a personification of Liberty on the front; if that article is kept that should at least be disambiguated. -- Infrogmation 16:23, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. NORFED and their Liberty Dollars are very well known internationally among the numismatic community. NPOV rewrite as necessary. --Gene_poole 22:26, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

from: http://www.geocities.com/erik_mccrea/links3.html

ROYAL HAWAIIAN MINT: Founded in 1974 by Bernard von NotHaus. ?Almost from the very beginning of the Mint, von NotHaus was drawn to create a new currency for Hawaii.? This initial aim was to include paper money. At its operational height, the Mint had seven different locations, with a main branch in Honolulu. In my personal communications with him, von NotHaus stated that he eventually ?did over 700 issues in 25 years as Mintmaster?. During his longstanding quest, he conducted extensive reviews of various economic models, currencies, and financial systems, interspersed with a series of pecuniary experiments. His design process, development, and research continued until 1997, culminating in ?a pet project? called the Hawaiian Sovereign Currency; this was a full-fledged proposal which was meant to exemplify a law-abiding, value-backed currency. But shortly thereafter, he devised NORFED and his blueprints ?morphed? into a new undertaking, the Liberty Dollar. Though von NotHaus retired from the Mint in 1998, this is not to say he left the numismatic scene altogether (far from it! He now heads the aforementioned NORFED, as detailed in one of my foregoing listings, in which the story picks up where this one leaves off).

Yes? And? RickK
  • Sorry, forgot. merge into Liberty dillar and NPOV. If 30,000 people use Lib$ (as the webpage says), then this snake oil must be exposed. Unfortunately I cannot find it discussed as hoax. Mikkalai 16:27, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
(Addendum: If NORFED is known for something other than in connection with the Liberty dollar, then I wouldn't object to keeping it and expanding it). -- Brhaspati (talkcontribs) 06:48, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)
  • Concur with Brhaspati (Keep dollar / Merge&redirect norfed onto that). Radiant_* 09:02, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Liberty Dollar and merge/redirect NORFED unless it is known for something else (agree with Brhaspati comments) -- Lochaber 13:37, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Concur. Keep Liberty Dollar and merge/redirect NORFED to that article. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 16:13, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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