Talk:WBAL-TV

message: The inline Google books citation is handy, but seems kind of low budget. Is there a way to get a real reference here about Kershaw?  If he transformed local news as much as is implied, there should be more and better references. --Knulclunk 19:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ron Kershaw 

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message: Per the discussion at WT:TVS#Personalities - Where are they now Information, I am proposing the removal of the details here as to the current jobs of past personalities, as they are mostly unsourced and extraneous to the article. Vicenarian (T · C) 14:23, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've set aside enough time to remove material that is incorrect, uncited, promotional, original research, or off-topic from all the articles mentioned. Piano non troppo (talk) 03:58, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing "Where Are They Now?" 

message: I just cut everyone out of the alumni section that does not have their own Wikipedia page or have a reference to establish their notability.  This is the current consensus procedure, based on discussions at WP:WikiProject Television Stations and at the Village Pump. The rationales are as follows:
#Most importantly, per WP:NOT, Wikipedia is "not an indiscriminate collection of information."  As that section describes, just because something is true, doesn't necessarily mean the info belongs in Wikipedia.  
#Secondarily, per WP:V, we cannot include information that is not verifiable and sourced.  I'm not certain how it would even be possible to source this information.
#Per WP:BLP, we have to be especially careful about including un-sourced info about living persons.
All of the people with their own pages are notable enough to appear on this list.  However, if you look at pages about companies in general, you will not find mention of previous employees, except in those cases where the employee was particularly notable.  Even then, the information is not presented just as a list of info, but is incorporated into the text itself (for example, when a company's article talks about the policies a previous CEO had, or when they mention the discovery/invention of a former engineer/researcher).
Some specific notes: 
*Vince Bagli had a reference showing he used to work at WBAL, but that reference didn't assert that Bagli was notable in any way.  
*Rhea Feiken had a reference, but it's actually from an obituary about Rolf Hertsgaard (who I kept in, as the subject of that obit), just quoting her; this again only establishes that she worked there, not that she was notable.
*Jay Grayson has a reference that I can't access; given the brief description, which if true seems to assert notability, I'll err on the side of keeping it in.
*Brent Gunts's refernece asserts that he was "a legend in Baltimore," which is an assertion of notability, so I left his in.
*Al Herndonis described in his reference as "pioneering," which is at least an assertion of notability, so I left his in.
*Rudy Miller's reference is just to a corporate page saying he works there now, which is not a reliable source, and wouldn't establish notability even it it were.
The others that I removed had no citation and no wikipage, so no evidence of notability or that they worked at WBAL.   Qwyrxian (talk) 05:05, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Significant trimming of Former Staff section 

message: To whoever uploaded :File:WBAL Logo 2013.png, this is to explain why the logo was removed from Wikipedia with my upload. I am not jealous of the upload, nor do I believe that it is superlative (as it is a scalable vector graphic image). However, I removed it due to two reasons related to fair use (WP:NFCC) as it was not uploaded to Wikipedia directly, but rather to Wikimedia Commons:
* The logo is glossy and features use of gradients to make it 3D. Aren't 3D logos usually copyrighted? Copyrighted content is not allowed in Commons.
* The license (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported) is impossible for logos. You do not own a TV station's logo; the station does.
I regret having to remove this logo but will do all that it takes to ensure that properly licensed logos are used. If you happen to re-upload this logo but properly marked as fair use, I shall be satisfied with the deletion of mine's.
Fairly OddParents Freak (Fairlyoddparents1234)  T | C Member: WP:TVS  21:08, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo notice 

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