Talk:Fountain pen inks
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[edit] Improvement?
How much of an improvement is this version? S blackwelder 18:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- Vastly improved, but needs a source for these statements, which amount to puffery without their being pinned to somebody or some organization. You can't cite the manufacturer's site (sorry for the pun) because it is biased, and the other link, to www.inksampler.com has exactly zero information about this ink.
- Also, I am wondering just how much you can say about this ink. Is it controversial? Does it break new grounds? Does it have an interesting history? Has it made the inventor a wealthy man? This ink could really be the basis for a new article on Fountain pen inks, which would list all the inks and be quite comprehensive. Really ground-breaking inks like Quink could continue to have their own articles. Just my opinion, of course, but I hope somebody follows it. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 14:47, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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- I'm guessing you're commenting on my recent edits since S Blackwelder made his/her edits almost a year ago. Noodler's breaks new grounds in that it seems to be the first fountain pen ink that's totally resistant to fraudulent washing. I have some myself and it does indeed perform as advertised. A new article on fountain pen inks certainly sounds like a good idea. How about if we move this article to the new name and go from there? Frotz (talk) 22:26, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, that is a good idea. If the Noodler's section gets too large within Fountain pen inks, then it can have its own article. I am not an expert in this field (or many others), so leave it to you to begin the job. The idea that it is "totally resistant to fraudulent washing" should be pinned on an outside source (not your own experience, as I am sure you must know). I suppose the hobby has magazines or newsletters or other ways of disseminating information like this. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 22:40, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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- The resistance to fraudulent washing is a claim made by the manufacturer and a reviewer of fountain pen inks. The manufacturer offers a prize of a thousand or so dollars to anyone who can sucessfully wash a check written with bulletproof ink. I'm preparing a new article now for fountain pen inks. Frotz (talk) 22:43, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fountain pen ink article
Here's the new article. I've included all the content from the Noodler's article and pieces from other ink articles. Frotz (talk) 23:13, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- Excellent. Probably too early for me to complain about lack of citations, but at least it got the Noodler's article into decent companionship. Greg Clark's home page at http://www.inksampler.com/ remains a Bad Link, however, unless I am missing something. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 00:31, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
