Talk:Colin Franklin (engineer)

validation source
http://www.telecomhall.ca/index.php?page=364 this may be useful if someone has the time to implement Ottawa4ever (talk) 20:07, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

More than one Colin? and other issues

 * I removed the following statement, on the possibility that it is a different person. Copied here, so if someone can confirm it is the same person, it can be replaced, if someone can confirm it is the wrong person, it can be deleted.


 * In 1998 he was a member of the National Forum on Climate Change sponsored by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy to raise public awareness of the climate change issue and bring citizens' viewpoint to the debate. Twenty four of the twenty five Forum members were Order of Canada recipients.
 * This source tripatlas suggests it is the same person. I'm not familiar with the source - is it reliable? It is interesting that many other bios do not mention involvement in climate issues. I now see it was scraped from WP, so isn't helpful.


 * I also removed this:
 * He is a past member of the NSERC Committee on Scholarships and Fellowships and has been a science and technology consultant in space and land mine detection systems.


 * I can find the material at various places Google search, but some look like they were scraped from WP. Again, this can be restored if there is clear evidence.


 * I also removed this:
 * In 1999 he was a member of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Review Board for a Synchrotron Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan.


 * I did not remove this:
 * From 1987–90 he was a Visiting Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, the University of Auckland, New Zealand.


 * I did find a cite, one that didn't sound like a scrape from WP. It is a red flag that I could only find this reference, on the other hand the period matches a gap in the other bios, which may have concentrated on his work in Canada.


 * I also removed this:
 * In 1975 he was Chairman of the NRC University Grants Committee for Electrical Engineering.
 * Might be true, but I haven't yet found a good source.

-- SPhilbrick  T  21:47, 24 July 2009 (UTC)