Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tourmaline's use in reducing Harmonic Distortion

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The result was delete. j⚛e decker ^talk 16:21, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tourmaline's use in reducing Harmonic Distortion[edit]

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The writing is not technically convincing; for example the sentence "Historically these conditions are known as power loss, impedance, resonance, low power factor, resistance and most recently Harmonic Distortion." is not persuasive. What has perhaps happened "most recently" is that harmonic distortion has become a concern -- it is not like a newly discovered disease.

I have not read all the references but they are a very mixed batch of mostly generic (unrelated) description. The presence of a patent (perhaps issued, but that means nothing, other than that no previous patent application contained a similar set of sentences) should actually be a red flag requiring a check for COI.

If tourmaline has any such amazing properties these should be added to the article on it.

Imaginatorium (talk) 14:45, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:04, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as unmitigated rubbish. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:38, 8 March 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Delete as hoax or vandalism or unmitigated rubbish or whatever. Dingo1729 (talk) 23:27, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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