Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerry Hodak

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The result was keep. Beeblebrox (talk) 18:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jerry Hodak

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While he was a chief meteorologist for Detroit news channel for 45 years, he has received very little news coverage outside of his weather reports. The only significant coverage was several news stories released when he retired in 2010. It appears he fails to meet the notability guidelines for biographies. Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 20:13, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:02, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:02, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep,. Fixture in Detroit local television. Numerous local awards: member of Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame and Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Emmy nominations, local Emmy winner. -- Samir 01:24, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article only mentions the local Emmy award and the television Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society. There is no mention of the other achievements. Do you have sourcing for these things. It would greatly assist in establishing the subject's notability. On a related note, four of the sentences in the article are closely paraphrased from [1]. Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 02:17, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[2], [3]. Also, I would argue that the retirement press for a local news personality of 45 years meets WP:GNG on that merit alone. -- Samir 03:30, 2 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete "Fixture in local ..." to my way of thinking means not notable, as far as a general encyclopedia is concerned. DGG ( talk ) 08:22, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would disagree. Newscaster in major North American city for 45 years + recognition by peers at the top level statewide renders one's biography encyclopedic by my take. -- Samir 06:06, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 17:15, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 00:30, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Per state hall of fame attainments. This kind of bio isn't really that uncommon, the state hall of fame achievements does help us separate the wheat from the chaff.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 02:12, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I added a few sources, there's really a lot out there if you dig. Please note that the major detroit papers, not much of their stuff is available free online.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 02:42, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Samir and Milowent. Detroit CSA is more than 5 million people, so being a "local fixture" is hardly insignficant. Quite a few references to him on GBooks as well, including an assertion that he was part of the first local news team to follow the "happy talk" style[4]--which may or may not be something to be proud of, but certainly seems significant. --Arxiloxos (talk) 03:05, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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