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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn based on the strength of Editorofthewiki discovery of sources showing notability. (non-admin closure)   //  Timothy ::  talk  04:36, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Media Theatre

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Article does not meet WP:GNG or WP:NBUILD: "Buildings, including private residences and commercial developments, may be notable as a result of their historic, social, economic, or architectural importance, but they require significant coverage by reliable, third-party sources to establish notability." The subject does not have WP:SIGCOV that is direct and in-depth. WP:BEFORE showed WP:ROUTINE coverage of events, nothing in-depth about the facility itself. There are some routine articles covering the facilities 25th anniversary.   //  Timothy ::  talk  04:05, 21 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Theatre-related deletion discussions.   //  Timothy ::  talk  04:05, 21 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions.   //  Timothy ::  talk  04:05, 21 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Delete I will say that the article doesn't necessarily have to be about the building itself, but could be to the general theater and its performances. However, WP:GNG is not met through trivial local listings. It's hard to sift through the sources though, so I'm a bit uncertain on this point. [1] is a good indicator, but alas that's only one source. Sam-2727 ( talk) 23:20, 21 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Striking and voting as Keep now based on sources found in newspapers.com (which I should really get a subscription for through wikipedia library for stuff like this). Sam-2727 ( talk) 04:25, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Keep Meets GNG per sufficient sourcing. In addition to the link above, I was able to find [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. Plenty of sourcing here for a page. ~ EDDY ^{( talk/ contribs)}~ 20:13, 22 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Question for Editorofthewiki: This article is a promo from an arts council - [10] and this article is about an actress, not the threater - [11]. The remaining above sources are all WP:ROUTINE coverage of event announcements, not articles about the theater itself. None of these articles contain WP:SIGCOV that covers the subject - Media Theater - directly and in depth per WP:GNG.

In case I've missed something, I will ask: please tell me which articles above discuss the subject - the Media Theater - directly and in depth? and what information about the theater do they reveal that demonstrates it is "worthy of note" in an encyclopedia per WP:N? I'm sure its a wonderful theater, but this is about Wikipedia guidelines. An example of something that addresses the subject directly and in-depth would be an article about the history of the theater. An article about an event at the theater is just that - an article about an event that has a mention of the name of the theater it is taking place at; this might be a source for the production, but not the theater. If you can convince me with the sources, I'll be glad to change my vote.  //  Timothy ::  talk  20:35, 22 August 2020 (UTC) reply

The 7th and 8th sources are the two strongest, in my view, and discuss the history of the theater itself. But that doesn't mean we should discount the rest. This was just what I was able to pull up in a relatively quick search - I could spend hours going through the archives. ~ EDDY ^{( talk/ contribs)}~ 20:44, 22 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Reply: [12] [13] you list above are the strongest and based on that there could be more. Sam-2727, I keep getting an error on the source you listed, what do you think about the two here that Editorofthewiki found?

These are convincing to me as significant coverage (Philadelphia inquirer is a legitimate, big newspaper with large readership/coverage). There's an extra l at the end of my link on accident. Here's a usable link: [14]. I'm changing my vote to keep based on the newspaper clippings found. Sam-2727 ( talk) 04:25, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Also I think the above point is from TimothyBlue but I'm not particularly certain since there is no signature. Sam-2727 ( talk) 04:26, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Reply: Yes from it's me. Signatures are hard ;)   //  Timothy ::  talk  04:34, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Keep. This is a 440-seat regional theatre. The article is terrible and requires expansion, clean-up and referencing, not deletion. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 06:22, 23 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Keep: Nomination withdrawn. I think Editorofthewiki sources show there are probably more sources out there and that this does meet notability. Thank you all for the good discussion and work.   //  Timothy ::  talk  04:34, 24 August 2020 (UTC) reply

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