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On 10 February 2012, photography and ICT student Alan MacMasters attended a university lecture where the class was cautioned against using Wikipedia as a source. The lecturer mentioned that his friend had falsely claimed to be the inventor of the toaster on the Wikipedia page. Following the lecture, Alan and his friends edited the Wikipedia toaster article, replacing the lecturer's friend's name with Alan MacMasters', alleging he invented the toaster in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1893. The actual inventor of the electric pop-up bread-toaster is Charles Strite in 1920,[1] who, working in Stillwater, Oklahoma developed the appliance to ensure workers received evenly toasted bread.[2][3][4][5][6][6] Depending on the definition of a toaster, the electric heater patented by Frank E. Shailor in 1909[7] or the electric cooker by George J Schneider in 1905[8] can also be considered the first toaster; the former is however not a pop-up toaster and only toasts one side of the bread, and the latter

Alan MacMasters hoax - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hoax about the inventor of the electric toaster "Alan MacMasters" redirects here. For the Canadian politician, see Allan MacMaster . The manipulated photograph of Alex purported to be of Alan MacMasters In February 2012, a group of British students created a hoax by editing the English Wikipedia article about the electric toaster , inserting the false claim that a man named Alan MacMasters invented it in 1893. One of the students created a separate article about the fictitious Alan MacMasters in February 201

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