Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stirling effect

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 was Delete. (aeropagitica) (talk) 15:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stirling effect

Patent Nonsense--Rjstott 10:07, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This page has been around a long time with the quote references tag as I can find no verification of this effect anywhere. The following is from the talk page:

"This transition is known as deposition, see Deposition (meteorology). It is difficult to understand this effect in relation to steam engines or aeroplanes. Nothing is found using Google in relation to this phrase!--Rjstott 05:55, 21 February 2006 (UTC)"

Delete, not exactly Patent nonsense as Wikipedia uses the term, but not sourced either. Awyong Jeffrey Mordecai Salleh 10:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The article is not patent nonsense, as explained above. It is comprehensible. What the article is is unverifiable. It cites no sources, and neither you nor I can find any sources. The relevance to steam engines might be because of Robert Stirling, inventor of the Stirling engine, but I cannot find any sources that make such a connection except for 1 patent application that is actually talking about the Stirling cycle when it talks about the "Stirling effect". There are a lot of people out there who cannot spell "sterling", incidentally. Delete. Uncle G 12:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete— A "vapour condenses straight into a solid through convection", give me a break. I agree with Uncle G that this must be confusedly taken from Stirling cycle. Sublimation and deposition are well understood. A quick review of text books in physics and engineering provide no mention of Stirling effect in that context. Unless the author can provide a reference, at best this is confusion and at worst a gag. Delete it - Williamborg (Bill) 17:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.