Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Epstein


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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:19, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Dave Epstein

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Former Local TV meteorologist. Sources do not show in-depth independent coverage necessary to meet WP:GNG. Does not meet WP:NAUTHOR or WP:JOURNALIST or WP:NPROF either. Created by SPA MB 14:16, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep seems to have quite a presence as both meteorologist and gardening expert in New England. I added some sources, including a profile and a combo feature/profile in a Boston area weekly, The Jewish Advocate.  Dave Epstein is an awfully common name, I suspect that more sourcing is available.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:31, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete: E.M.Gregory's entirely speculative claim notwithstanding, no notability criteria on Wikipedia accords notability for "quite a presence." They do for meeting the GNG, and while the Jewish Advocate barely clears the bar as a reliable source, it is but one source, not the multiple sources the GNG requires.   Ravenswing   23:02, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Ethnic papers like The Jewish Advocate are as reliable as other newspapers.E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:00, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
 * And while you and I differ about notability here, my opinion was not "speculative," it was based on sources, including WP:SIGCOV in 2 separate articles in The Jewish Advocate and a prize Epstein won for his reporting in the Portland Press-Herald. E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:00, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * delete for lack of WP:SIGCOV in multiple RS that are secondary (he has worked for WBUR, the Boston Globe the Portland Press Herald and a number of the other regional media. After finding some solid secondary sources, and an unusual enthusiasm for him as a journalist in other sections of the papers and radio stations he works for - apparently doing an unusually sophisticated sort of analysis of weather and gardening that suits the New England intelligentsia, I thought that other readers would bring sufficient sources.  Flag me to return if someone does.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:26, 29 August 2017 (UTC)


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