Talk:Wolfgang von Kempelen

message: Von Kempelen is known in English sources by the German version of his name, not a Hungarian one. It can be easily proved for example by references in scholar.google.com (163 references to Wolfgang von Kempelen scholar vs. 27 to Kempelen Farkas). VinceB, please refrain from hungarizing names in this Wikipedia. There is also a Hungarian Wikipedia, where you can do it. But this is an English version. Tankred 20:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Then I learned something new. :-) I didn't knew that??? OMG! Then? This is why this page is editable to everybody. Gosh....--Vince hey, yo! :-) 22:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: Kempelen's machine is widely supposed to be a hoax, since chess-playing processor is considered beyond the available technological capacities. However, the exact nature of the "hoax" was never revealed, in spite of many public presentations until the mysterious destruction of the machine in fire. In other words, the evidence is missing and the hoax formulation should be weakened. Smylei 22:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Uh, what?  I'm not really following - that The Turk was a massive hoax isn't even a question.  Whether it was revealed or not during Kempelen's time is irrelevant to that fact.  What are you getting at? --badlydrawnjeff talk 23:22, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hoax 

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 08:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
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message: Kempelen was German at first, not Hungarian. --Wizzard (talk) 15:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: fixed. --Wizzard (talk) 15:58, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disputed neutrality 

message: Poe's writing "Von Kempelen and His Discovery" seems to be legitamete Essay about Von Kempelen. Has anyone else heard of this?
Edgar Alan Poe
"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" (1849) revolves around a chemist named von Kempelen who discovers a formula for transmuting lead to gold, so it's more likely a fictional story Poe wrote to capitalize on popular recognition of von Kempelen's name, as Johann Maelzel exhibited Kempelen's automaton in the United States in the years prior to the story's appearance. Poe did write an essay about the automaton called 'Maelzel's Chess Player,' and in it reports having spoken to Maelzel. This essay has its own entry here.Kirby Krackle (talk) 17:11, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Edgar Alan Poe

message: I'd suggest it's worth linking to this beautifully created and painstakingly researched webcomic that traces Kempelen's life:  http://www.clockwork-comics.com The writer/artist gives so much information on the background of each page in the story, it's a really good resource for people wanting to know more about the man. For instance, check out this page: http://www.clockwork-comics.com/2011/06/30/it_still_has_much_room_for_imp/ Disclaimer, of course - I'm not the author, I just think this is worth including!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.209.243.142 (talk) 11:09, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excellent adaptation of Kempelen's life and works 

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