Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sir john barton

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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 of the nomination was delete. Mailer Diablo 14:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sir john barton

No vote procedural nomination. Blanked by well meaning contributor on suspicion of a hoax. Is it? You decide!- CrazyRussian talk/email 14:11, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

  • The article cites no sources. I can find no sources that indicate even the simple existence of the Sir John Barton described in this artice. The only Sir John Barton that I can find is tangentially referenced in P. Grodzinski (1947-1949). "A Ruling Engine used by Sir John Barton - and its Products". Transactions of the Newcomen Society 26. . He appears to have been an engineer, not a naval explorer. One can see a picture of one of his engravings here. We should probably have an article on him. But the Sir John Barton in this article is unverifiable. Delete. Uncle G 15:01, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Google reveals two (moderately) famous Sir John Bartons - a fourteenth-century landowner ([1]) and an eighteenth-century engineer ([2]), but not this chap. Hoax confirmed. Tevildo 15:03, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as probable hoax. Claira [sic] Barton as his daughter? It seems that there was indeed a Sir John Barton, but he was either some guy in the middle ages [3], "Clerk to the Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations" [4], or the "Deputy comptroller to the British Royal Mint"[5]. In any event, it seems entirely unverifiable. AdamBiswanger1 15:09, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. See also [6]. —Centrx→talk • 03:48, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.