Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Murphy (reporter)


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The result was delete. sufficient consensus  DGG ( talk ) 09:50, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Mary Murphy (reporter)

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Has no citation and does not pass notability guidelines Vinegarymass911 (talk) 14:04, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:34, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:34, 28 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. She is a high-profile New York City reporter who has won a lot of awards. I am not sure the recent additions to this page have actually improved it, in Wikipedia terms; the page now reads as a more promotional text than it used to.  In any case, it's true that this page currently lacks independent sources to substantiate notability, although I have restored and updated a link to her bio page at WPIX.  It's often difficult to find sources about reporters (as opposed to reports of their work), but Google searches reveal a number of potential sources of varying strength, such as: National Catholic Reporter ; The Irish Echo ; Staten Island Advance ; NYU's Archives of Irish America ; New York Times ("one of the most experienced and professional of New York television reporters"); Queens Chronicle  (just a namedrop, but it calls her "a Queens celebrity"). --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:05, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete If she was in the Hartford market one over, only her own station bio and the Courant would be reporting on her in any way. Another average New York market reporter whose notability is artificially trebled just for being in a large market that has tabloids which need to fill space with TV news personality goings-on. Also a large WP:RESUME violation.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 21:30, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Seems more appropriate for a LinkedIn profile rather than a wikipedia article. The fact that is lacks sources indicate it is promotion, original research. ShelbyMarion (talk) 16:38, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable TV reporter lacking substantial coverage.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:58, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete without prejudice to a new sourced article, or a redirect to a mini-bio at KPIX or other appropriate target. Since article has no sources, it requires a complete rewrite; but the topic is wp:notable.  Since "Fails WP:V" has no WP:DEL-REASON, WP:IAR.  Unscintillating (talk) 00:42, 7 December 2016 (UTC)


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