Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Murray

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The result of the debate was keep · Katefan0^(scribble) 21:42, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Simon Murray

Subject not important enough to keep Steve Casburn 07:11, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Based on the comments below, I will remove the AfD tag I proposed, and clean up the article. Thanks for the productive disagreement! Steve Casburn 04:51, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

I have cleaned up the article, but have not removed the AfD tag because I'm not sure that should be done before the process has finished. Steve Casburn 05:12, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, his book came out in 1978 and has been republished, and the amazon reviews make it sound pretty notable. [1]. Kappa 07:24, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup - Looks like the novel was popular enough to have a movie based on it [2]. Book has 21 customer reviews on Amazon.com and a sales ranking of #38,061 on Amazon.com yesterday and a ranking of #11,411 on Amazon.co.uk --Camw 07:31, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep author of a book that's been published through a legitimate press. Seems a pretty important book, too, as these things go (per Camw). --fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 07:58, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per WP:BIO as author with sales of 5,000 or more in addition to the movie being made about his book. There is also a Hong Kong businessman of the same name who is group managing director of Hutchinson Whampoa according to Maquis Who's Who and the businessman is probably notable enough for an article as well. Capitalistroadster 08:12, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep published author of a non-vanity-press book. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 10:49, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per WP:BIO this author is notable enough for inclusion. Hall Monitor 19:05, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep because Murray is a notable figure, having hosted documentaries about the Legion as written a book. Many British legionaries joined following his writings. GABaker 20:38 22 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep he may not be the most famous author out there but he's more than just an author. Having said that, his book did well in 1978 and in a recent reprint, plus he was second in command at Jardine Matheson (one of the largest Hong Kong trading firms), and, though it's not mentioned in the article, in December/January 2003/04 he became the oldest man to walk unaided to the South Pole with Pen Hadow. He was also awarded the CBE. (There's a lot of people listed in Wikipedia who are less important than he).

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