Talk:Harvey Wallbanger/Archives/2013

Lack of References

I added the Refimprove template at the top of the article because there are no references for the bulk of the text of the article. All of the references listed are for items in the "Other uses" section. The article makes several claims about the history of the Harvey Wallbanger and its origin, which according to Wikipedia standards should be cited. Further, much of the text borders on opinion, rather than fact, especially without cited sources. (For example "So successful was Harvey Wallbanger that it became the creative model, which although followed, has yet to be duplicated.") Poettype8 (talk) 18:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I cleared the reference in the top template as the link was dead. No point in having it there. Requested citations on several other claims. mrsdr (talk) 00:39, 26 Feb 2012 (NZT)

Wall Follower

Harvey Wallbanger was the actual name of a wall-follower robot in an IEEE maze solving competition. Research can be found at a Google Answers page[1], but I probably need to chase down root sources. Possibly a 1979 article in IEEE Spectrum Magazine.

"In reviewing the article, there WAS an entry named Harvey Wallbanger and it finished 3rd fastest and was one of only 4 finalists to complete all 3 runs of the maze. Turns out that Wallbanger was first wall hugging mouse to finish the maze in less than one minute. The article has a picture of the Wallbanger on page 4 of the document. It was designed by a team from Hewlett-Packard."

Dead Link?

Ref 1. "www.harveyz.co.za." comes up as an error when I try to access it. I haven't deleted it because I have in the past failed to access links that other editors seem to have no problem with. Would someone else like to try it and, if appropriate, remove the reference? Dinoceras (talk) 20:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

It's dead and I removed it. Mrsdr (talk) 11:42, 25 February 2013 (UTC)