Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robb Hanrahan

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 21:20, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Robb Hanrahan
Delete. NN. I don't know if there is a consensus on this but I don't think news anchors make the cut unless they have an obvious national profile or were involved in a notable way in some event. Marskell 11:27, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, well-known entertainment figure with an audience far more than 5,000 people, passes WP:BIO. Kappa 12:29, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * 5000 test is for authors, editors and photographers (i.e., people producing original work). He is none of these. The (admittedly vague) line dealing with this entry is "Widely recognized entertainment personalities and opinion makers" and, again, I don't think a local news anchor qualifies. Marskell 12:41, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd say he fits in the category "TV/movie producers, directors, writers, and actors". Kappa 12:45, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I suppose my point is an anchor doesn't produce, perform or provide original commentary. They aren't entertainers and they aren't opinion makers. Marskell 12:56, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. A news anchor does "perform" in a sense.  Also, according to entry this guy is a CBS anchor for Miami-- news anchor for a major network in a city of some 375,000 people.  I'd be willing to guess that his name is mentioned in CBS' advertising and the local gossip columnists report when he goes out to dinner. Crypticfirefly
 * Delete. Non-notable, of local regional interest only.  Local TV news anchors change jobs frequently are and almost always completely interchangeable with no essential differences to distinguish any of them.  Generally of no encyclopedic interest until they get jobs with national networks and reach beyond regional audiences. Quale 21:30, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Major market anchors are notable to far more than 5,000 people, as Kappa noted. And in my experience, major market evening news anchors do not change frequently and are heavily promoted by their stations. -- DS1953 22:11, September 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per WP:Bio. Capitalistroadster 00:20, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Crypticfirefly. --Jacqui M Schedler 06:00, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
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