Talk:Frank Drake

Disambiguation
Need a disambiguation page for the Marvel comics character. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.82.253.87 (talk • contribs) 21:30, August 11 2004 (UTC)

Major update
Dr. Drake was my favorite professor at UCSC, and I thought he deserved more than a stub entry.

So I've made a major update. I added some details of his early life (mostly from http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI/biography_drake.html) and expanded on his accomplishments. Hopefully this can get the article out of Stub status. I'll let others decide on that, however. Ocicat 22:14, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Ship
I've editted the reference to the USS Albany, Originally, someone had pointed the link to the USS Albany (CL-23) and not the correct ship, which is the USS Albany (CA-123). The rational behind my change, is that Dr. Drake was born after the USS Albany CL-23 was scrapped in 1930. So there was no way possible that he could of served on that particular ship. Rmgrotkierii 16:37, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

xkcd reference
Note this reference to the Drake equation from February 2008: http://xkcd.com/384/ --Stéphane Charette (talk) 06:58, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Frank Drake
Frank Drake modified is own article (this one). A movie with the proof of that will be loaded on you tube soon. Pleas DO NOT roll back. Thank you. --DracoRoboter (talk) 17:39, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

[Frank Drake] editing is own article. --DracoRoboter (talk) 19:33, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

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Book review for IS ANYONE OUT THERE?: The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
I found a book review for IS ANYONE OUT THERE?: The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence If it has at least two it can get its own article. WhisperToMe (talk) 02:00, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
 * https://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-22/books/bk-2158_1_frank-drake

References moved from lead
Several citations were included in the lead section that didn't support the content they were referencing. I'm copying these contents below in case they are useful elsewhere. Polyamorph (talk) 10:56, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Founder of SETI?
The article presently describes him as having founded SETI, but the linked SETI article is about the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence in general, not any specific project or organisation? Should it instead by the SETI Institute? This article mentions him having a leadership role in that institute, but he is not mentioned in the article about the institute. Either way, we shouldn't describe Drake as the founder or director of a research programme which doesn't have a founder or director. MartinPoulter (talk) 09:18, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The article does not say he founded SETI. Polyamorph (talk) 09:22, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry. It does in the lead. Hmmm, perhaps that should be revised. Polyamorph (talk) 09:32, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * here is a link to the history of the SETI institute. Polyamorph (talk) 09:35, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing this out. I've modified the lead and the appropriate career section to clarify this, supported by the references already cited. Polyamorph (talk) 09:42, 5 September 2022 (UTC)