Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy Leep (2nd nomination)

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The result was Speedy keep. Created by sock of banned user Spotteddogsdotorg (talk · contribs). —Wknight94 (talk) 01:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roy Leep[edit]

Finishing incomplete nomination by 160.36.239.63 (talk · contribs); IP's can't complete AfD discussions. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 03:02, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment OK, I'll ask it. What's the basis for the nomination again? Mandsford (talk) 03:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've asked the IP to provide one. ~~If none is given, then I shall speedy close.~~ The IP also placed an A7 tag on the article, which was removed; he or she later undid the removal of the tag. This leads me to believe that the IP editor believes this to be a non-notable biography. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 03:12, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete He seems to have less than three pages of relevant non-Wikipedia/Wikipedia mirror Google hits. He was on a local television station in Florida, yet has a bigger bio than Tom Skilling, who is a meteorologist for WGN-TV in Chicago and is seen nationally on Superstation WGN. The brief mention of Leep in the WTVT article is about all anyone would need to know about him, although I would add the portion about the station's Weather Service if it can be verified.

There appears to be no standard of inclusion or exclusion for these types of local television personalities and reporters. I'd be happy to help put one together. (Could someone also point me to more information on how to nominate something for deletion?)

Judging from prior discussions it appears that this particular bio has been the target of a vandal, possibly as part of a personal vendetta against a specific user, some crazed ramblings by some current or former resident of Florida who is fixated on Roy Leep, or some other product of a twisted mind.

That is neither here nor there in my decision, since the article is unsourced and reads like some sort of glowing obit in a hometown paper or straight out of a press release. If he was truly "considered a pioneer in weather forecasting" there would be more information about him than less than three relevant pages of Google hits. --Also We Brief (talk) 23:53, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep looks like Spotteddogsdotorg is back. Leep was very well known in Tampa and is hardly less notable and widely known then this guy, this guy, or even this guy --CFIF ☎ ⋐ 01:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.