But does information about a person who was important in the history of the
production of artificial diamonds belong in an article on gas absorption
refrigerators?
The point is that Baltzar von Platen (both of them) did significant things
during their lives but not enough to justify more than a few words in an
encyclopedic work. But both did several significant things during their life
and can not be reasonably be put into some other article.
The first one build a canal but was found also in the list of prime
ministers of Norway.
Neither (based on information I have now) justify an extensive article of
the 20,000 word sort, but do justify articles in the 100 to 500 word range.
Fred
From: erik_moeller(a)gmx.de (Erik Moeller)
Reply-To: wikipedia-l(a)wikipedia.org
Date: 01 Jun 2003 07:14:00 +0200
To: wikipedia-l(a)wikipedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] An Excellent Short Article was Limits to the
non-paperiness of Wikipedia?
James-
Indeed, but when he posted the link, it was to
what is now located
at [[Baltzar von Platen (1898-1984)]]. Such is the Wikipedia, after
all. Perhaps one could look at the page's history, but...
Aha.
I don't know about that von Platen's historical significance, and the
article certainly doesn't give me a good idea of it. The way it stands
right now, I would prefer the relevant information to be moved to an
article about the [[gas absorption refrigerator]], especially since much
of it does not refer to the person but to the historical context:
"In 1923 production by AB Arctic began. In 1925 AB Arctic was purchased
by Electrolux which began selling them worldwide. Servel purchased rights
to manufacture the refrigerator in 1925 and was the only U.S. manufacturer
for many years."
If all von Platen is famous for is his participation in the development of
refrigerators, then no, I do not think he necessarily needs his own
article. That's what redirects are for.
Regards,
Erik
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