Talk:Paul DeFanti

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This article is short, but how much can you say about someone who doesn't exist and was made up for one purpose only? I don't see that tagging it a stub serves any purpose whatsoever. --John Cowan 12:48, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)

• I'm not a Reliable Source, but I knew some of the original Ig Nobel organizers socially at the time. IIRC, Paul DeFanti was a real person, an administrative person at MIT, who was helpful in making the Igs happen - logistical things like arranging the use of the auditorium, etc. I don't remember if he actually came up with the Buckybonnet but I think that giving him the award was either (a) a way to say "thanks" for all the help or (b) a way to pad out a slightly too-short program. :-) Hm, I wonder if any of the primary sources original organizers are still working at the MIT Museum? FreplySpang 18:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

These articles in The MIT Tech and this one in The Harvard Crimson make it sound like DeFanti is a real person. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 01:40, 9 October 2006 (UTC)