Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murray Parker (broadcaster)

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. WjBscribe 11:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Murray Parker (broadcaster)

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A weatherman in a city with 600,000 people. I think Al Roker may be the only notable weatherman. Also, this TV station has articles for about a million local personalities. General comments on notability of local television reporters is welcome because I may be AFDing more. Calliopejen1 15:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

You don't know what you're talking about Calliopejen1. Murray has been with the station for several decades and is currently the station's weathercaster on the 6 p.m. news, and is strongly associated with the station because of all the years he spent as station announcer and weathercaster. If you don't live in Winnipeg you have no clue as to who is important and who is not. Is your main complaint the length of the list of 'Former CBWT personalities'? If so, then maybe the list can be moved to its own page, but please leave the biography pages alone! --Jimj wpg 17:02, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't doubt that everyone in Winnipeg knows who he is, I'm just unsure that local TV personalities like weathermen deserve encyclopedia articles. In the city I'm from, everyone knows who the local weatherman is, but she doesn't have her own page (and I don't think she should either.) My main complaint isn't the length of the list at all--it's about the notability of the individuals on it. I just wanted to generate discussion about more general issues because if this one goes I would be nominating others too. Calliopejen1 17:37, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
He has not only done the weather for several years, and was station announcer, but also was co-host of Reach for the Top. He hasn't written any books (yet). I don't know if that's the criteria you use for keeping or deleting an article. What you're doing is not any different than article vandalism. Here's a few videos that Jason and myself put on YouTube featuring Murray:
--Jimj wpg 03:08, 28 April 2007 (UTC)


There does not appear to be any disagreement about Parker's longevity and experience, Jimj wpg. The question is instead whether or not his longevity and experience makes him notable. --Maxamegalon2000 05:13, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
I think being a national broadcaster on some scale (Montreal 1976) surely makes this article worthwhile to keep. Because Winnipeg is a major North American city, and other major cities have articles on their local TV personalities from past and present, I don't want to see Winnipeg TV being ignored on Wikipedia. --PsychoJason 05:22, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep I am generally leary about articles on purely local TV personalities but the soruces imply that he is notable at least in Winnipeg. Eluchil404 17:28, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I doubt a television personality with 40 years' experience who had hosted a major sports event and was perhaps the best-known television personality in a United States city would ever, ever, ever be brought up for AfD. This guy passes WP:BIO if everything in his article is accurate. --Charlene 15:25, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Seems to me as a Canadian equivalent of our "Scooter", the one who on chanel 11 hailed Yankees' every and each home run with "Holy cow!" or late Polish sports' DJ - Jan Ciszewski - who used alternative but almost same words after a home team in soccer or hockey scored - "Justice was done!" greg park avenue 02:13, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
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