Talk:Homer Hickam

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==Science Fair==most fantastic thing ever created by humans!

If i recall correctly, in the book Homer did not win the science fair. I do not want to change it but i am not totally sure. I think that was a creative liberty used in the movie

Yes, in the book he did indeed win it.

Note from Homer Hickam: As the memoir tells the story, I did not win the 1960 National Science Fair. There was, in fact, no overall winner. I did win in my category for rocketry.

[edit] Adraeus' erroneous "vandalism" revert

I really don't appreciate my edit to this article being labeled valdalism, and I have reverted the page to restore the work I put into it... I added tons of valid, factual information, reorganized things, and brought the article up to date, all of which you deleted... The article is about Homer Hickam, NOT Frieda Riley, who has her own Wikipedia article... if you feel the need to add her back in, then do so, but don't go mindlessly reverting good edits... TheRealFennShysa 04:27, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

I never labelled your edit, of which I mostly agree with, "vandalism". I asked you to rework your edit. Homer Hickam, on his own website, mentions Freida J. Riley, and you should not have removed the reference. Adraeus 04:32, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, my bad - I saw a vandalism comment on my watchlist right next to this one - got the wires crossed... feel free to add the reference back in, but I still believe you should't have done a wholesale revert... TheRealFennShysa 04:35, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I reverted your reversion and then reverted my reversion. I also re-added the reference. I think you may have also deleted some actual facts with your significant replacement of the content. You might want to look over the old version. Adraeus 04:44, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Neutrality tag due to "instant classic" in Biography section. 12.226.38.86 07:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

• Attempted to fix, but left the tag. Davidt2718 21:06, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tagged for bias

I was not aware that Hickam was "one of the world's most popular authors," nor that he is studied in most American schools. I felt uneasy about removing these instances of hyperbole whole-hog, though. Perhaps editors who know more about Hickam could either find sources for these claims or modify them? Thanks, Hobbesy3 18:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

These claims cant be backed up. I've cleaned up some of the more boastful language and reorganized the bio section a bit. Rtphokie 19:06, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

The "Literary career" or whatever section was deleted by vandals. I replaced it but believe that it may have to do with this section being somewhat POV. I believe it needs further review. Anyone is welcome to take a stab at cleaning it up.--Daysleeper47 00:31, 30 October 2007 (UTC)