Talk:Dibber

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[edit] Remove or move TV remote reference

The modern usage, for TV remote control, seems a bit trivial and unencyclopaedic. Any objections to removing it, or at least moving it to make it subsidiary to the main content (dibber as gardening tool)? --VinceBowdren 09:18, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alan Simpson Dibber?

I'm not convinced it exists, going by google. So unless there's a citation within a couple days i'm removing it. Nietzscheanlie 03:00, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm, the contributions of the user who added it don't look too promising. They might be factually accurate but they are unsourced. And if the Alan Simpson dibber really was featured in the Smithsonian, I would have found it by now by searching for dibber+smithsonian in google. Therefore, it seems like nonsense or vanity or something and I'll remove it. This article doesn't get much activity ... Graham87 03:34, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

The citation from http://www.antiquefarmtools.info/ seems excellent. I'd judge the chances of that site being phony as close to zero. Maybe they were fooled about the dibber, but I really don't think so. It rings a couple bells for me, independently, as well. The Internet is not noted for being comprehensive about historical topics (i.e., pre-1950).

24.130.18.213 (talk) 12:56, 20 April 2008 (UTC)