Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hilary Hook

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The result of the debate was keep. Joyous 16:19, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hilary Hook

This article claims that Hilary Hook "became famous with the British public after a BBC 40 Minutes documentary portrayed him as having led a full life of adventure in the colonies", but I cannot verify any indication of fame. Only musters up a meager 38 hits on google. [1] Can someone from the UK vouch or verify this claim to fame? GRider\^talk 20:02, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• I'm inclined to keep this one. "Hilary Hook" -wikipedia yields 260 hits -- I believe -dictionary -encyclopedia reduces the number of hits because a lot of them are for websites selling books, which may include dictionaries and encyclopedias. Various web pages repeat the bit about the BBC documentary, which, I know, is less than rock-solid support. In addition, I don't see any evidence of self-promo here. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:52, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, and expand. The documentary and book shows up in reviews, so it's not a hoax. Megan1967 06:11, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, and expand, the key being his book. Otherwise this would just say he's famous for being famous (sort of like Charo?)) -- Jmabel | Talk 20:45, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - I'm from the UK and he's not famous with me! Until I read this piece I had never heard of him. It seems the claims of fame within the UK seems to be over egging the pudding - and so probably the person. Brookie 08:27, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, appears notable with the book and documentary. JamesBurns 05:52, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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