Talk:Faith Popcorn

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[edit] Deletion

I submitted this page for deletion as it reads like a vanity article, maybe (at least in part) taken from boilerplate for press releases. In additon, the user that created it and has been the only person editing it has edited only this article. --Andymussell 01:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

It reads terrible, I agree with you there, but Faith Popcorn is or was a fairly well-known person. In the Bride of the Monster episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Joel Hodgson's invention is "Microwave Faith Popcorn."[1] The Popcorn Report[2] was widely reviewed at the time. She also gets hits at both Google News[3], and Google Scholar.[4]. One article at Scholar Google being a debunking of her from St. Norbert College professors. So she at least became important enough to earn academic debunking.--T. Anthony 05:48, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Problem is, her writings are so amorphous that there seems to be no point refuting them. Also, she has a real name and a birth date (surprise)! Where are they?

[edit] Edits

This apparently was created by someone vanitying for her, but I think I've changed the tone a bit. I vacilate between thinking I went too far or not far enough.--T. Anthony 07:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)