Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Condy Scale


 * 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   speedy delete as blatant vandalism. Following the external link in the article leads to the Cretan Matter-Waves / Bose-Einstein Condensation group of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers IESL on Crete, Greece, where I find one Paul Condylis and one Wolf von Klitzing listed as group members. Given that the creator of the article was documenting a measurement called the "Condy", and edits from  documented a measurement called first the "Wolfy" and the "Klitzy", it's pretty apparent that what we have on our hands are two people at a research facility who are abusing Wikipedia as a public scribbling ground for their own internecine rivalries and amusement. This is a project to write an encyclopaedia, and such activity is vandalism, plain and simple. I have deleted the article and revoked the editing privileges of the account and of the IP address. People with Ph.Ds should not be acting like schoolchildren who have just discovered a pack of crayons and a blank wall. People who behave like adults and who make positive contributions to the project are welcome here, conversely. Uncle G (talk) 17:55, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

The Condy Scale

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User has written an article on a completely non-notable term he made up (violates WP:MADEUP). Aricle was PRODed, and the author removed the PROD, so here we are at AfD. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:19, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The user did not make up this term, since it is used in experimental physics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul.condylis (talk • contribs) 13:30, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If you can cite ANY reference to this term in any published Experimental Physics journal, you might have a case, but since you claim that the first reference was in a lab notebook, this constitutes the definition of "something made up one day". WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:34, 5 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete as prodder. Not a single Google hit. And I did take care of asking Google to ignore hits on cindy, which, for some reason, Google regards as the correct "spelling" of Condy. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 14:03, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Hoax. AlexTiefling (talk) 14:10, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  15:17, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - The claim is that it is being used in experimental physics but a Google search only comes up with the Wikipedia article. Fails WP:N, WP:RS and is probably a WP:HOAX. --Pmedema (talk) 15:47, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't appear to be notable. Violates policy. Elucidate ( light up ) 17:07, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Dim the Lights...Permanently I remember seeing this on New Page Patrol this morning -- WikiDant61 got to it before I did. A hoax, for sure. Ecoleetage (talk) 02:22, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment This article becomes more and more hoax-like with ever edit the author makes. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:39, 6 November 2008 (UTC)


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