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The result was keep. The Bushranger One ping only 01:08, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Chalker[edit]

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Seems to fail WP:BIO. Not noticed outside of the WP:FRINGE ufology community. jps (talk) 12:18, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:53, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:53, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:53, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per WP:AUTHOR #3 (multi book reviews) and WP:GNG. Does appear to be recognized outside fringe sources. Only UFO researcher given access to Australian government UFO files (verified in reliable sources below).
I only did a cursory search of Google and NLA Trove for these. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 19:11, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Additional sources from InfoTrac. Some book reviews, others "expert quoted" in news story about UFO incidents.
  • "UFOs leaving traces UFOs leaving traces." Hornsby and Upper North Shore Advocate (New South Wales, Australia). (May 20, 2010) News: p14
  • "Space oddity." Hills Shire Times (New South Wales, Australia). (May 11, 2010) News: p1.
  • "UFO sighting probed." Macarthur Chronicle (New South Wales, Australia). (Mar. 30, 2010) News: p7.
  • "Division over UFOs." mX Sydney (New South Wales, Australia). (Mar. 24, 2010) News: p5.
  • "Close encounters." The Sun-Herald (Sydney, Australia). (Feb. 21, 2010) News: p5.
  • "Spike", Sydney Morning Herald, 04/24/2001
  • "THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE." Daily Telegraph (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia). (July 20, 1996) Regional News: p034
  • "Revealed: SA's alien spaceship secrets; New book tells of; our close encounters." The Sunday Mail (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia). (July 21, 1996) News: p030.
  • "Family's terror in Nullarbor incident." The Sunday Mail (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia). (July 21, 1996) News: p030. Quote: "Bill Chalker is the only researcher given access to government UFO files."
  • "UFO FILES." The Sunday Mail (QLD) (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). (Aug. 11, 1996) News: p068.
  • "STRANGER THAN FICTION." The Australian (National, Australia). (Dec. 11, 1996) Regional News: pB12.
-- Green Cardamom (talk) 19:47, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Hello, according to the Simon & Schuster website (http://authors.simonandschuster.ca/Bill-Chalker/22509695) he has "contributed to such publications as Rolling Stone and Reader's Digest" which seems to indicate that he does have a reputation outside the fringe UFO community. And, for him to have a profile on Simon & Schuster, a pretty big publishing organisation, also seems to inidcate that he has a noteworthy reputation. Thanks.NHCLS (talk) 01:54, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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