Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bradley Thomas Coffman


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:06, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Bradley Thomas Coffman

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I contested the prod myself simply because I think AfD would work better in this case. I cannot find any sources that this person exists; all Google comes up with are Wikipedia and mirrors. Moreover, I can't even find evidence of a Time magazine article called "Fashion Forefathers". Erpert (let's talk about it) 08:21, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I didn't even bother with the adw tag because the creator made the article in January 2007 and hasn't been on Wikipedia since. Erpert (let's talk about it) 08:23, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:28, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:28, 4 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - For somebody "widely credited as the inventor of the reversible fleece jacket", there is a distinct lack of any sources that I could find that give him this credit. The claim of an article in Time Magazine is problematic.  The citation only gives a month for a magazine that publishes weekly.  Time Magazine's online listing for August 2001 articles doesn't shorw any article with this title but then it may not be comprehensive.  The article also makes a claim for first registering with the US Patent Office.  A search of the USPTO  database using inventor names of "Coffman-Bradley-T", and "Coffman-Bradley" per USPTO search instructions yield 0 results.  Using wildcards of "Coffman-B$" and "Coffman-T$" gets lists of patents -- none of which are for reversible fleece jackets.  --- Whpq (talk) 16:46, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
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