Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Plasmaphone


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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 06:39, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Plasmaphone

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I have been able to find no evidence that any instances of this musical instrument exist beyond the ones created by Steve Mann and/or his colleagues for a pair of performances in 2007. Just like the term "quintephone" (also coined by Mann and currently up for deletion), the term is a longstanding neologism. Zetawoof (&zeta;) 01:02, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - No reliable sources confirming its existence outside use by one individual. Meatsgains (talk) 02:27, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. North America1000 07:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America1000 07:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete The best references I found were these 2 papers by Steve Mann. (citation count 4 at Google Scholar) and  (citation count 13 at Google Scholar, but 2 at acm.org). For me this is WP:TOOSOON. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 07:19, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, I just noticed that the article seems to have been created by an account which seems closely linked to Steve Mann. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 07:22, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The author of the article, User:Glogger, is Steve Mann. Zetawoof (&zeta;) 07:43, 13 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete: no evidence for notability. Also no evidence that the concept was accepted by anyone except its creator. OtterAM (talk) 20:21, 13 May 2016 (UTC)


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