Talk:Thor washing machine

I have tried to leave links that back up my article, but Wikipedia has blocked these links. Although still debated, it is widely believed that Thor invented the first electrically powered washer back in 1907. Please see the references provided in my article for details.

I dispute the following sentence that appeared in the "deletion" declaration at the top of my entry - "particularly considering the earliest electric washing machine was designed from the late 1800s to the early 1900s by Ford and patented in 1904." If this patent does exist, did Ford produce a washing machine? If so, under what brand? I have been unable to find a reference to a "Ford" brand washing machine. In addition, the book Save Woman's Lives, the History of the Washing Machine, known as one of the top reference books on washers, does not list Ford among the many hundreds of washing machine brands that have been manufactured since records were kept. Simply filing for a patent does not necessarily mean that the machine was produced.

It is true that the there is dispute over who invented the first automatic washer. A company call Nineteen Hundred Washing Machine Company claims that it invented the first washer in 1906 - one year before Thor. Or course, records are scarce and therefore it is difficult to prove if Nineteen Hundred beat Thor to market. Regardless of who actually came to market first, Thor was clearly an innovator in the market and was one of the first (if not the first) company to offer an electric washing machine. This makes Thor worthy of a Wikipedia post.

Minibeast1970 (talk) 23:59, 6 April 2010 (UTC) An article in a newspaper; "Electric Washing Machine the Latest. Housewives can do Washing in one-third the Time," Des Moines Daily Capitol, November 12, 1904, p. 13. Ironholds (talk) 00:11, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Take this to AfD if you like, but this entry makes a plausible claim of notability and clearly fails CSD criteria. It also needs tons of work.--~TPW 04:04, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I tried to go to the Thor appliance link, but apparently it has been shut down, along w/ the conmpany itself...Baldwin91006 (talk) 19:20, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

References

About.com - History of the Washing Machine http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/washingmachines.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Minibeast1970 (talk • contribs) 03:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

76.28.215.90 (talk) 20:58, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

It would be helpful if you defined AfD and CSD criteria. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.215.90 (talk) 21:00, 7 April 2010 (UTC) --76.28.215.90 (talk) 21:33, 7 April 2010 (UTC)--76.28.215.90 (talk) 21:33, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reference to the Des Moines Daily Capitol. Do you happen to have a copy of the article? It would be nice to actually be able to see the article you site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.215.90 (talk) 21:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC) --76.28.215.90 (talk) 21:33, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Regarding the claim that "Louis Goldenberg of New Brunswick, New Jersey invented the electric washing machine around the late 1800s to early 1900s. He worked for the Ford Motor Company at that time." According to Ford's web page, the company was founded in 1903. Even if he worked for Ford in the early 1900s, it's unlikely that Ford was working on a washing machine during this time, as they were focused on automobiles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.215.90 (talk) 21:30, 7 April 2010 (UTC) --76.28.215.90 (talk) 21:33, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm having trouble adding references - when I click on the "edit" tab in the reference section, I don't see where I should be adding reference links. The reference numbers appear in the live document but not when I click "edit". --Minibeast1970 (talk) 22:49, 7 April 2010 (UTC)