Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Donaldson (news anchor)

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 23:10, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Donaldson (news anchor)

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The most significant award in this local television news anchor's career is a regional career achievement award [1]. It does not confer sufficient notability to meet WP:ANYBIO. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:36, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:36, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 23:36, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Local news anchors need significant coverage on them beyond their own channel's bio. Reywas92^Talk 05:00, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. ☢️ Radioactive 🎃 (talk) 10:43, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. ☢️ Radioactive 🎃 (talk) 10:43, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A regional achievement award would be fine if the article were reliably sourced well enough to pass WP:GNG — but it isn't "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to be well-sourced just because the article has the word "award" in it. His own staff bio on the self-published website of his own employer is not an independent source for the purposes of establishing notability, and the only other source here is a glancing namecheck of his existence in his own employer's announcement of a network affiliation change, which means Bob Donaldson is not the subject of that source. Bearcat (talk) 12:13, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm noting the keep !vote from SheHerHers who has added some material to the article but put the !vote in a comment on the page. She notes as well that, when the CBS Weekend News was produced from a rotating list of major network affiliates during COVID-19, Donaldson hosted for one of two nights when the newscast originated from WXIN-WTTV ([2]). Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 05:52, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Reproducing the comment by SheHerHers from the article, since I have now removed it:

KEEP - Please read new info and see video links - just think 40 years in a biz and 30 years in one market while anchoring on TWO NETWORKS (Fox and CBS) AT THE SAME time is unique. Agreed, there are many news anchors out there but these credits are unique to Donaldson. Perhaps a rewrite to highlight? She/Her/Hers

— Goszei (talk) 07:30, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I found one piece of SIGCOV in 30 years of anchoring. That's not enough... Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:26, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hall, Steve (October 8, 1992). "Home is anchor for a couple of newscasters". The Indianapolis Star. pp. B-1, B-2.

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