Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harthoorn

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 of the nomination was keep. Mailer Diablo 04:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harthoorn

Delete Utterly NN entry on a completely NN person. Brings up less than 10 Google hits, and makes no real claim to notability. Fails WP:BIO in every way. - pm_shef 20:56, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep A check of what links here indicates that the subject was (according to the articles--most of which was contributed by the same author as the article) the inventor of the Capture gun and the inspiration of a television show. Seems sufficiently notable to me, unless there is information disputing those claims. --TeaDrinker 21:01, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

• Commment Please note that User:Lgh, who wrote this page, also added the section in Daktari about this guy influencing the TV show [1] and also wrote the Captrue Gun article. None of which have any references... Seems a bit fishy to me - pm_shef 21:09, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I think this site substantiates the major details of the account. To quote "My subjects included Dr. Tony Harthoorn, inspiration for the television series, 'Daktari,' about a biologist/veterinarian who devised a formula for tranquilizing wild animals..." I think a measure of good faith is needed here. --TeaDrinker 21:15, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

• He seems to have authored some books as well [2] [[3]]... looks fine for me - so keep, but needs a good cleanup and a move to Antonie Marinus Harthoorn. Spearhead 22:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and Improve - agree with Spearhead above, seems to be a legit author [4] -- MrDolomite 05:13, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep please. I am Lgh. Toni Harthoorn is a very modest man. Which of you have never heard of or seen the capture gun in action? If you check out any episode of Daktari you will see AM Harthoorn credited as technical advisor on the show in the end credits. You can obtain several books that mention him through Amazon: these include books by AM Harthoorn himself, by Sue Hart, by George Adamson, Iain Douglas Hamilton and by several other people well known in the African wildlife sphere. Anyone who knows anything about African wildlife will recognise the above names. My material on this man and his invention are all verifiable, and should, I hope, render the article as keepable or at least as something deserving of a better epithet than 'fishy'. -- User: Lgh

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