Talk:List of Austrian scientists

Name
This article is clearly misnamed. Most of the people on this list are not 'scientists' on a normal definition of the word. I would suggest this article be moved to List of Austrian intellectuals. mg e kelly 08:38, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Please name a single person on this list who cannot be categorized as a scientist. Themanwithoutapast 17:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Victor Frankl
Victor Frankl is listed as a physician, while he was much more of a psychologist (even though he did graduate as a medical doctor and psychiatrist). However, what Mr. Frankl is most known for is a form of psychotherapy called "logotherapy" which makes him more of a psychologist then a physician.

Victor Schauberger
Why is the inventor Victor Schauberger missing from this list? Victor Schauberger discovered the free energy and anti-gravity properties of vortex motion and was known as the 'wizard of water". He set icy water into spin and from this form of vortex motion he constructed a free energy, anti-gravity turbine.

Moritz Schlick
To my knowledge, Moritz Schlick is born in Germany and this is also true for his nationality. I believe this article should make its intent clearer: is Schlick in the list because he worked for a time in Austria, because he died in Austria...?

I believe this list should also contain persons who are born in Austria or who received Austrian citizenship later in their life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.152.50.101 (talk) 09:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Lazy robot assisted vandalism claims
I'm sorry, but correcting the commonly accepted inventor/inventors of the sewing machine is not vandalism. This is absolutely ridiculous. Stop using javascript and read what you revert once in a while.24.175.72.249 (talk) 14:30, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 24.175.72.249, please stop, we've gotten your message already. I'm getting the impression that if you're getting reverted by more than just me, you really are vandalizing. -¤Belinrahs talk/contribs¤
 * http://www.google.com/search?q=inventor+of+the+sewing+machine Please tell me how deleting someone unrelated to the invention and patenting of the sewing machine is vandalism? I used to contribute to wikipedia far more before people reverted things without looking at them, and I know of many people with the same frustration. Perhaps if you cannot be bothered reading an edit summary or indeed the changes made, you should not do revisions as it is obviously unsuited to you.24.175.72.249 (talk) 14:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 24.175.72.249, please read WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF. You are right, but you have no right to abuse fellow editors and call them "lazy robot". If a fellow editor makes a mistake, please correct them without abusing them. We are humans and we all make mistakes. Have a nice day. AdjustShift (talk) 14:45, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Gregor Mendel
Gregor Mendel was czech and NOT austrian! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.224.231.82 (talk) 13:54, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you sure? His wiki page links here. Also, Minnesota State University (first relevant page besides Wikipedia to show up on Google) says he was Austrian. --173.73.166.152 (talk) 15:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Removal of non-austrian scientists
In the section there are too many non-austrian scientists, I've removed some notable examples (Negrelli, Mendel, Rizucka, Tesla) but there are still many others. People who born in the empire of Austria (but not in the current teritory of Austria) can not be considered austrian since the meaning of "austrian empire" is very different than "Austria". --Moscone (talk) 11:33, 29 June 2011 (UTC)