Deletion of Derek Abbott

Comment: The subject seems to pass .  Whether there has been sock involvement is irrelevant to that.  The discussion at Wikiquote is irrelevant, as the issue there is mainly the quotability of his quotes
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Comment: Very clear pass of rof#1 on citations http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vqD_0uQAAAAJ&hl=en
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Comment: Subject fails , fails test of ''significant'' coverage in multiple ''secondary'' sources ''independent'' of the subject. Cheers, &mdash
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Comment: Abbott is mentioned in detail in Taman_Shud_Case#Current_attempt_to_solve_the_case|Taman Shud Case, but there's enough material for a separate biography article on him as well. The following appear to be about the topic, but Derek Abbott is a common name and some of the sources below may include other engineer Derek Abbotts. However, there seems to be enough source material for the topic per : http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Issue/straitstimes19931116.aspx Robots may soon be able to see as well as bees, Reuters, November 10, 1993 has good information from "Adelaide-based research engineer Derek Abbott." http://www.jigsaw.com/1309871/Australia_Leads_World_in_T-Ray_Research:_Scientist_company_news_view.xhtml Sinocast May 25, 1998 "University of Adelaide electrical and electronic engineering department lecturer Derek Abbott said ..."; http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Groups/parrondo/articles/theage.html The Age January 5, 2000, http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/25/science/paradox-in-game-theory-losing-strategy-that-wins.html New York Times January 25, 2000, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/08/000824224101.htm Australasian Science March 1, 2001, http://business.highbeam.com/137753/article-1G1-82270162/multiple-choice-you-dont-need-final-answer-quantum New Scientist January 5, 2002, http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-96941910.html Dallas Morning News January 27, 2003, http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2004/12/200841013556510705.html Aljazeera December 14, 2004, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-12-14/t-rays-to-detect-wmds-cancer/602702 ABC Premium News December 14, 2004, http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/print5988.html Advertiser (Australia) July 19, 2005, http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/gippslands-draining-experience/story-e6frf7kx-1111113873073 Herald Sun July 3, 2007, http://www.thestar.com/news/article/295669--cutting-through-the-animal-b-a-a-bel Toronto Star January 20, 2008, http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/remote-controlled-sperm-tap-may-offer-reversible-vasectomy_10015111.html Hindustan Times January 29, 2008, http://www.dnaindia.com/mobile/report.php?n=1149249 United News of India February 5, 2008, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-512306/The-vasectomy-switch-push-button.html Daily Mail February 5, 2008, http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/remote-control-birth-control/2008/02/09/1202234227423.html Sydney Morning Herald February 9, 2008, http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv-reviews/the-new-inventors/2008/06/24/1214073232447.html The Age June 19, 2008, http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOBBED+OFF+BY+DE-VICE.-a0185995993 Wales on Sunday September 28, 2008, http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/07/09/novel.genetic.finding.offers.new.avenue.future.crohns.disease.treatment Pharma Business Week July 27, 2009, http://news.oneindia.in/2009/08/05/twoenvelope-money-problemcracked.html Asian News International August 5, 2009, http://www.theage.com.au/national/letters/provide-staff-not-tokenistic-grants-20100411-s0ro.html The Age April 12, 2010, http://news.oneindia.in/2010/12/01/cancerdrugs-offer-new-hope-for-crohns-disease-andsarcoido.html Hindustan Times December 1, 2010, http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Taking+a+fresh+look+at+MIGs.-a0252710897 Birmingham Mail March 30, 2011, {{cite news|page = A12|newspaper = Canberra Times |date =August 30, 2011 |title =Wreath for remembrance |author = |quote =A Scientist, Derek Abbott, has published a satirical dictionary to be updated via crowd sourcing. The Adelaide-based Abbott's tome features wry definitions for everyday concepts. He considers his creation an updated version of Ambrose Bierce's book The Devil's Dictionary and published it to mark the 100th anniversary of Bierce's work. Like The Devil's Dictionary, Abbott's book is an attempt at humorous and pointed descriptions of everyday terms and concepts. Unlike it, however, the dictionary draws from a variety of sources and will be updated regularly based on reader contributions. Definitions include "Creativity: n. "knowing how to hide your sources" (attributed to Albert Einstein), and Lloyd Irving's definition of morals: "excuses for not behaving badly"}}; http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/rau-refuses-to-dig-up-the-unknown-man-found-dead-at-somerton-beach/story-e6frfkp9-1226167499806 Sunday Mail October 16, 2011, http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/is-british-seamans-identity-card-clue-to-solving-63-year-old-beach-body-mystery/story-e6frea6u-1226200076344 Sunday Mail November 20, 2011, http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/23502.aspx States News Service March 5, 2012. I posted the links on the article talk page
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Comment: being from Australia, I think I've actually heard of this fellow (pun?). But isn't he the same guy who was on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEEWQhQCp8 the New Inventors with his fertility-controlling penis valve? And http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2012/10/nuclear-energy-raises-more-questions.html on ABC Radio making some strange claims about radiation? Also the same fellow who publishes lists of http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html translated animal sounds? He might pass  (for those media sources alone) but (and I'm being careful here because we're talking about a ) isn't he basically "well known" as a |fringe theorist or at least "alternate" science type? There's also http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~gekko/press/eureka_pchoice05/vote.cfm.html#3 this from the 2005 Australian Museum ''People's Choice Awards'' with some more rather strange stuff about mathematics and coin tossing. If we determine he does pass, I think we need to be seriously careful about how the article is written
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