Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tucker Barnes

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The result was delete. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:18, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

=[[Tucker Barnes]]=

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A weather producer and part-time on-air meteorologist at WTTG in Washington DC. Only notable moment came when he was covered in sea foam (ie. sewage) while doing an on-air broadcast of Hurricane Irene that made national news. This is a case of one event. Prod was contested. Bgwhite (talk) 17:52, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Strong Keep Barnes' on-scene coverage has tons of national news coverage. It's one of the top stories coming out of Hurricane Irene. CallawayRox (talk) 18:06, 31 August 2011 (UTC)— CallawayRox (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 21:46, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

::Why add the spa notice? CallawayRox created the article, but its not his first set of edits, it portrays him in a bad light when it just seems he thought the "sea foam" guy was funny and popular enough to merit an article. Its not the first time we've had articles like this.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 19:28, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

:::I agree. He has been editing Wikipedia for two years now [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=500&target=CallawayRox], he just doesn't do it very often. Dream Focus 03:26, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

:Note: The article under discussion here has been {{tl|rescue}} flagged by an editor for review by the Article Rescue Squadron. —SW— ^confer 15:42, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Delete per WP:BLP1E. Notability hinges on a single event, his coverage of Hurricane Irene. —SW— ^confer 15:42, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
:Comment How is Barnes "a low-profile individual"? CallawayRox (talk) 18:41, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Delete, no evidence of lasting notability provided.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:53, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

::The smell of sea foam is loooong lasting, I heard.--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 21:03, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 00:27, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Comment What about covering the event as Hurricane Irene sea foam video? CallawayRox (talk) 16:34, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

::That's often used to get around BLP1E (english wikipedia has many "murder of X" articles even though other wikipedias typically don't do that silliness). The event is either sufficiently notable or not to have a standalone article, that's my view, either as a BLP or otherwise. If this article is deleted, it should be redirected to the TV station, and I would include a paragraph on the event both there and on the Hurricane Irene article (but the latter is so heavily edited, it may encounter a bit of resistance if more than a sentence).--Milowent • ^talkblp-r 17:15, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Delete. More and more WP is rehashing media fluff and hype. Just because the media is repeating this over and over doesn't mean it is notable, it is just poor journalism! Fails WP:EVENT which states that events must have lasting effects or in-depth coverage (not repeats!). Since article has been renamed, deletion argument applies now to Hurricane Irene sea foam video. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 14:17, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

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