Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joel Barnes

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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 07:29, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Joel Barnes

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Subject is a meteorologist for WeatherNation TV; according to their "Meet Our Team" page, one of 11 people with that title. A Google search for ("joel barnes") turned up a number of WeatherNation pages, Facebook pages, and pages from KCWY, the Casper, Wyoming, TV station for which Barnes worked before going to WeatherNation. However, I found no significant coverage of him by independent sources; and very quickly in my search, I started hitting lots of other, decidedly non-notable, people with that name. Refining the search to ("joel barnes" weather) and ("joel barnes" meteorologist) produced similar results: lots of sites connected with WeatherNation, KCWY, or Barnes himself, but no coverage in any depth by independent sources. It's possible that appearing on a national TV network automatically confers notability. However, the specific criteria for notability at WP:ENT seem to rule against this, calling for "significant roles in multiple notable... television shows" [italics mine]. Given that, I'd say that Barnes fails WP:GNG. — Ammodramus (talk) 16:07, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum. The article was created by User:Jbarneskcwy, which username suggests that the creator and the subject might've been the same person. In this case, promotional intent might've been present. This is of course not in and of itself grounds for deletion, but has some bearing on the validity of the creator's belief in the notability of the subject. — Ammodramus (talk) 16:16, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Musa Talk 17:26, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:50, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:50, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:21, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 17:20, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article doesn't contain any claim to notability or any sources that approach WP:GNG, just a person who has attended certain schools and played certain sports and has a certain job. -Bryanrutherford0 (talk) 17:28, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:RESUME Nate • (chatter) 20:25, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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