Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. Paul Emerson


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The result was   keep. -- RoySmith (talk) 03:46, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

J. Paul Emerson

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Notability claim is based only on a a single event, does not meet guidelines for biographies. RadioFan (talk) 23:59, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep. There were at least two notable stints on (and firings from) different stations, so BIO1E doesn't really apply.  He received national coverage, as reflected in the sources in the article (Time, NYT, Christian Science Monitor, AsianWeek, AP, multiple books), as well as international coverage such as The Herald (Scotland)  and The Independent .  Overall I think our coverage of radio history is better with coverage of this than without it. --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:48, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * comment the references listed here are about the firing or behind a paywall. Not clear how this demonstrates notability beyond this one event.--RadioFan (talk) 01:11, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. He had a career at many stations in major radio markets and the incident in question rendered him emblematic of a certain type of talk radio as historicized cinematically by Oliver Stone.Brainplanner (talk) 17:03, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment Do you have any examples of reliable sources covering this person at those other stations?--RadioFan (talk) 01:11, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete This is the epitome of a person notable for one event.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:58, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Reply - Rather Emerson said many controversial things over a period of time which received sustained coverage, witness the Scottish Herald piece.  And that some things not worth repeating bear repeating Brainplanner (talk) 23:22, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak keep based on potential sourcing, but this stub needs quite a bit of work to be a real article; for example, there's nothing about him except for the firings. Bearian (talk) 20:35, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep- article needs work but clearly a significant figure from that period of radioMasterknighted (talk) 20:17, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  → Call me  Hahc  21  14:05, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

 Reply It is indeed the Same guy and the sources also serves well to show time at the stationBrainplanner (talk) 20:33, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Is this the same guy mentioned on page 30 here? Because that might help, as he was an awards finalist. In addition, the NY Times had an article not already cited here remarking on Emerson as showcasing right-wing media. If what I'm reading serves well, then I'll say Keep it. I don't want to add the sources in unless confirmed that they're worthwhile, though. GRUcrule (talk) 19:08, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
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