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A fact from Hector the Tax Inspector appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 March 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Hector the Tax Inspector was replaced by Mrs Doyle in the Inland Revenue's advertising?

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Public opinion

Why under "Public opinion" is there the statement:

"However, the character of Hector was not popular with Inland Revenue's staff, ..."

So it made them uptight - they don't count. Instead, why not copy the bit from Pauline McLynn that says

In the late 1990s she was recruited to play Mrs Doyle for a UK advert for online Tax returns by the Inland Revenue and became infamous for the phrase 'Go Online'.^[1]

That's public opinion... (see the ref'd article - it was voted most annoying ad) 24.28.17.231 (talk) 03:59, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about Hector, not Mrs Doyle. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 07:49, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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^ "Mrs Doyle in 'most annoying ad'". BBC News. 2002-01-03.

[1] "Mrs Doyle in 'most annoying ad'". BBC News. 2002-01-03.

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