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A fact from Hall W. Thompson appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that remarks by Hall Thompson that "we don't discriminate in every other area except blacks" before the 1990 PGA Championship led golf's governing bodies to ban holding tournaments at all-white clubs?

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Most of this article is not about Hall Thompson at all. The proper place for it is 1990 PGA Championship and Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club. The fact that the information was included in newspaper obituaries of him is irrelevant. When the inappropriate material is expunged the following is left::

Hall Thompson (May 28, 1923 – October 27, 2010) was an American businessman and developer from Birmingham, Alabama. He established a heavy equipment company in the 1950s. He developed Shoal Creek and created the Golf and Country Club in 1977. In the months before the 1990 PGA Championship which was to be played in August at the club, Thompson was approached by a reporter from the Birmingham Post-Herald who asked about the club's admission policies, with Thompson noting the inclusion of Jews and women as members, saying that "we don't discriminate in every other area except blacks". The resulting controversy caused the USGA and the PGA to introduce policies limiting their tournaments to clubs with no membership discrimination. Thompson remained involved with the Shoal Creek club until his death. He was survived by his wife, Lucille, as well as by two daughters, three sons and eight grandchildren.

On that basis I don't think Thompson is worth an article of his own; this article should redirect to Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club. jnestorius^(talk) 18:39, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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