# I've been nominated to the Int'l Who's Who Historical Society!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-nominated-to-the-intl-whos-who-historical-society/138642>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 25, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-nominated-to-the-intl-whos-who-historical-society/138642 "2002-11-25T11:48:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-nominated-to-the-intl-whos-who-historical-society/138642/1 "2002-11-25T11:48:33Z")

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…and I have no clue why.

I am definitely NOT in the League of the Who’s Who people…I’m just a lowly partner in a hedge fund start-up. I think they must have gotten my name from a convention I went to in London earlier this year or something…

I think this is intellectual spam. It lists me as a ‘possible candidate’ and asks me for a quick biography, yada yada. There is no fee for my name being listed…but I bet there will be a fee to buy the darned thing. Their website has 2 pages that I can access, and neither give any useful info.

It’s tempting to fill it out, but I know they will just hit me up for money I don’t have…

I guess I’ll have to find my 15 minutes of fame somewhere else.

-Tcat

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**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-nominated-to-the-intl-whos-who-historical-society/138642/2 "2002-11-25T12:43:36Z")

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I suspect you’re on the right track **Tomcat** Most of those “Who’s Who” thingies are by people trying to make a buck. They don’t give a crap who’s who, who isn’t, or if Horton heard a Who.

Now, if you need suggestions for getting your 15 minutes of fame, just let me know.

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-nominated-to-the-intl-whos-who-historical-society/138642/3 "2002-11-25T15:01:54Z")

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Every dolt in our building, from the mailroom up to the VP was ‘nominated’ to this society.

Congratulations, you are succesful enough to be on a mailing list.