Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Harrison


 * In this article, created by User:209.96.179.26, there is no evidence supporting the claim that Harrison started his architectural training at age 12 at the hands of William Etty. Etty was an artist, not an architect. There are many odd claims, unsubstantiated, such as Harrison being largely responsible for America speaking English today and for India remaining in the British fold for 200 more years. I believe this is a deliberate hoax, with the perpetrator taking some facts and expanding them with imagination and myths. See 1. It seems to be the work of the same person responsible for Elizabeth Mytton Wilbraham which was placed on Vfd on June 10. The original Wilbraham entry, by User:209.96.179.60, has exactly the same peculiarly distinctive formatting as this Harrison entry being discussed here. I left a message on his talk page inviting comment, but that page has since been blanked and the edit history now shows nothing.  User:209.96.179.150 has amended both the Harrison and Wilbraham entries with superficial edits. I suspect User:209.96.179.60, User:209.96.179.150 and User:209.96.179.26 are the same person. Neither of them has a previous edit history. Moriori 00:07, Jun 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * Reads like a hoax. Delete unless substantially verified. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 03:21, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * I rather doubt the accuracy of this. [|St Mary's] in Monmouth was restored in 1773 (according to their website), so Harrison couldn't possibly have worked on it as an apprentice. The [|website of the Redwood Library] (which he designed) says that Due to lack of sufficient evidence, no record exists on how or where Harrison obtained his architectural training.Average Earthman 06:40, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Had a further look on the web - according to [| this website] in 1744, the French had attacked the English fortress at Canso, and taken the inhabitants prisoner - and then released the prisoners a year later. So there were large numbers of English people who could testify to the weakness of Louisbourg. Average Earthman 07:02, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)