Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Verschoyle Patent Mandrel


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 05:03, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Verschoyle Patent Mandrel

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The one reference cited is a family history book, with "Verschuijl and Verschoyle Family" in the title, and published by "Verschoyle Mason Publications". The external link is practically a carbon copy of the article, which would seem to show that either the article is a copyvio, or that the external link is copying the article. Google search turns up 31 hits for "Verschoyle Patent Mandrel" -wikipedia, however all hits are mirroring the wikipedia article (except one which is the external link, mentioned). GoogleBookSearch gives no hits for "Verschoyle Patent Mandrel". The article admits "The machine was marketed in 1918 but was never a financial success"... Also, note the only real editor to the article is aka  who stated "He is my cousin" in reference to the article, and gives his name as "Luke Verschoyle".

No third party, reliable sources. Conflict of interest. No hits turn up in google except one. Possible copyvio. No hits turn up in Google book search, showing the subject has not been written about in countless published books scanned there. Celtus (talk) 08:19, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Nothing to suggest notability, I did find the book referenced (here) but its self-published so probably doesn't count as a reliable source. The article fails general notability guidelines. — ^.^ &#91;citation needed&#93; 10:55, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  TravellingCari  01:34, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


 * delete "never a commercial success" An invention that gets patented but not written about or significant otherwise is not notable.DGG (talk) 16:22, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


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