Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weather Star Jr

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The result was delete. slakr^\ talk / 02:06, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weather Star Jr[edit]

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Subject doesn't meet notability standards at WP:GNG due to lack of significant reliable source coverage. Agyle (talk) 11:20, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Sources I did find, which I don't consider significant coverage:

"Weather Star Jr. available in mid-1994". Communications Engineering Digest, Volume 20, Issue 1-7. International Thomson Communications. 1994. p. 59. The Weather Channel announced that delivery of its new, low-cost Weather Star Jr. model will begin in the middle of the year. The new model, manufactured by Wegener Communications and priced at $500, was developed for small systems that want to launch The Weather Channel but can't afford the more expensive Weather Star models. The unit is being field tested in eight cable systems around the U.S. before being released later this year, company officials said. [That's the entire article]

United States. Federal Communications Commission (2001). FCC Record: A Comprehensive Compilation of Decisions, Reports, Public Notices, and Other Documents of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States. The Federal Communications Commission. pp. 19784–19787. Upgraded Weather Star Jr. computers will have the functionality of the Star Ills, providing an aural tone the first time a particular scroll or crawl containing emergency information is transmitted. We find it reasonable to grant MVPDs that receive... [Minor mention amidst boring FCC legislative stuff]

"The Weather Channel unveils low-cost Weather Star". Multichannel News. June 14, 1993. [Does not mention model by name; I'd guess it's referring to the Jr., but it's not verifiable.]

--Agyle (talk) 11:36, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to mention the reference currently in the article, an archived page from The Weather Channel (seller of the Weather Star Jr) concerning an FCC requirement for audio beeps when a severe weather warning is initially announced. The archive.org link also contains a link to an archive of the Weather Star Jr.'s manufacturer's Installation and User's Guide. Neither of these are independent sources, so they don't count toward notability.

All of the very limited information in this article that is verifiable through reliable sources is already included in Weather Star, so no merge is needed, although a redirect to Weather Star#Former systems would seem useful. Agyle (talk) 19:16, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I found another article (possibly a press release), in the same Communications Engineering Digest as mentioned above; quoting entire article:

Communications Engineering Digest. International Thomson Communications, Volume 19, Issues 7-13. 1993. p. 73. Low-cost 'Weather Star' ATLANTA-The Weather Channel has announced a new, low cost version of its addressable 'Weather Star' receiving system. Officials with The Weather Channel say that the network has signed an agreement with Wegener Communications to manufacture the receiver, with shipments expected to begin next year. 'For some time, we have been looking for ways to make the Weather Star available to small systems,' says Becky Ruthven, VP of affiliate sales and marketing for The Weather Channel. 'After extensive R&D, we've developed a solution in terms of product features and cost. Many small systems that want to launch The Weather Channel have not been able to afford the Weather Star; that's about to change.' The Weather Star is part of the propriety patented satellite communications system developed by the Weather Channel for telecasting local, system-specific weather forecasts to cable viewers every five minutes. The new, low-cost model called the Weather Star Jr. will render forecasts in videotext (instead of the color graphics, animation, local weather radar and other visual effects available with the larger Weather Star 4000). As a result, the scaled-down model will be 'significantly less expensive' than the Weather Star 4000, company officials say. Circle Reader Service No. 43

--Agyle (talk) 23:58, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Subject isn't notability via WP:GNG due to lack of significant reliable source coverage, and there's no other obvious basis in which to justify it.Jacona (talk) 20:39, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:54, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, & redirect to Weather Star#Former systems, fails the significant coverage test of the general notability guidelines. --Bejnar (talk) 15:55, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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