Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Freeman (weatherman)

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The result was keep, and move to "(meteorologist)" I guess. — CharlotteWebb 17:25, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dave Freeman (weatherman)

Non-notable, seems like a vanity page. Amnewsboy 10:33, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. The article says, "He has also won a regional Emmy, as well as the coveted Edward R. Murrow award." I think that makes him a notabkle weather presenter. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 12:33, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep if the award claims can be referenced. --Merovingian - Talk 12:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I reworded it a little and added some links (including the KSN.com biography which verifies the award claims). ~ lav-chan @ 12:58, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Oh. And i'm not sure about the '(weatherman)' part. Are we supposed to use a more neutral term (like 'weather presenter' or 'meteorologist' or something)? My personal instinct is to change it, but i'm not sure about the guide lines or anything. ~ lav-chan @ 13:04, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Nothing wrong with 'weatherman', but 'meteorologist' sounds more professional. Ohconfucius

• Comment: The reason I brought it up is, simply put, an overwhelming majority of other local TV meteorologists don't have their own Wiki pages (in fact, almost none do)... Furthermore, a fellow met at his own station had his article AFD'ed within the past week.[1] --Amnewsboy 13:33, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Actually, several weather people have articles. Jim Cantore, Betty Davis, Rich Johnson, Jennifer Lopez (no, not that one), Mike Seidel, Hillary Andrews, John Hope, those are just the ones that are linked to from The Weather Channel. Of course, that doesn't necessarily say anything about the notability of those people (or the quality of their articles, for that matter), but the point is it's not unprecedented. If well-known weather personalities (like the ones who cover major cities) aren't represented in Wikipedia, it's not necessarily for lack of notability. Just lack of an interest in writing about them. :shrug: ~ lav-chan @ 14:53, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: In this case, would Wichita be considered major enough a city to do so? (I'm not trying to be argumentative, I swear -- I just worry that it opens a can of worms, where ever local TV anchor, weather guy, and sports guy ends up getting his/her own Wiki page. --Amnewsboy 05:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: I dunno. I guess, in addition to professional notability (i.e., awards), there could be some kind of cut-off for population or for the number of people the broadcast reaches, but i couldn't say off the top of my head. For what it's worth, KSN claims to reach half of all households in Kansas, which is like a million people. ~ lav-chan @ 17:29, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep and cleanup. --Arnzy (talk • contribs) 03:26, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.