Talk:Methuselah Foundation
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[edit]The references appear mostly bunched up to the left, with the right column half empty. Wander why it's doing that. --Green06 (talk) 22:52, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- I fixed the problem. Not sure how I did it though. --Green06 (talk) 19:48, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Mouse lifespan...
[edit]To give this entry a little more context, could someone please include information about the regular lifespan of these mice i.e., control results. Paulbmckenzie (talk) 08:24, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
Average mouse lifespan is about 1.5 to 2 years!
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/careofmice/a/mousecare.htm
203.56.94.11 (talk) 06:23, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
Any controversies?
[edit]Something in this foundation reeks of scam...
- links on the wiki page are overwhelmingly from their own web page (talk about reliable sources)
- half of the contestants for their money prizes sit in their scientific advisory board
- only thing they present on their web page is donation requests in many many different forms, all for a good cause, all aimed at people who are somehow ill, elderly or otherwise about to die
- no research papers, no journal references, no academic content, i.e. no substance
I wonder how much of the money actually goes to the mice or whatever the intended purpose is. I hope I'm wrong. The idea is good, but idealism often... ah well.
--Sigmundur (talk) 15:48, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
nominated for speedy deletion under 'db-g11'
[edit]Nearly every citation refers back to the Foundations website. This cannot be fixed, this article appears to exist purely for the purposes of self-promotion and advertisement, thus I have nominated it for speedy deletion, --TimL (talk) 18:43, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
Other languages point to MPrize and not to "Metusaleh foundation"
[edit]For some reason (deliberate or not) all the other languages point to explaining MousePrize rather than explaining "Metuselah foundation" that one would expect.
212.213.212.230 (talk) 07:08, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
Sourcing is terrible
[edit]If this article were cut back to WP:RSes, it would literally just be the sentence about Thiel money.
Is there any third-party mainstream coverage of the Methuselah Foundation? Anything that passes the notability guidelines? - David Gerard (talk) 21:40, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/foundation-offers-1-million-prize-bioengineered-liver 65.110.208.142 (talk) 04:17, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
- I extended about Thiel money, and gave some additional external links. I hope it is enough. — Lady3mlnm (talk) 08:36, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
The sourcing is indeed... interesting. The section about the prize had an impressive seven references. At a closer look, all of these references had the number 25. At a second closer look I saw that this reference #25 led to an old version of this very article. Seems that this garbage (and more) was put in here with this edit. --217.239.14.233 (talk) 16:14, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
FT/N
[edit]FYI, this article is being discussed at WP:FT/N#This made me laugh. Alexbrn (talk) 17:22, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
- Nobody cares. 2600:1700:AA20:4C80:4CC9:5AC7:8127:9718 (talk) 21:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
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