Talk:List of improvisational theatre companies

wikify
this page needs to be wikified, the links are badly placed, some directly link the name to its web site while others have a number beside it where the link is placed. kathzzzz-ganda! 06:09, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

updating
Is a list by geography really the best way to go about this list? Most troupes are concentrated in a few states. I think it might be better if this list is re-done by type of troupe (ie, major professional, professional, collegiate, other, etc). Does anyone else have thoughts about this? SMSpivey (talk) 07:10, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've looked around for some feedback, and it seems that this list can be changed into a wikitable, much like at List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama. Anyone have thoughts on changing to a wikitable such as this? SMSpivey (talk) 08:39, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm going to be bold and make this into a wikitable. If anyone wants to collaborate or check out what's up, come hit up my talk page.SMSpivey (talk) 21:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Major Overhaul
Just moved this list into a wikitable. It could use some more, and better, references for some of the troupes. I'll be going through some of those that are included, but are redlinked, and adding articles for them if they are notable. If they are not notable, I'll probably come back and delete them from the list.

Misplaced addition
Just moving something misplaced and without enough info to include in list to here~ "Pag's Instant Theatre: International touring company in the tradition of Instant Theatre."

'Major Professional'
What qualifies a troupe as being "Major Professional"? Several have not even got wikipedia pages of their own- I'm skeptical as to the notability and credibility of some. Brauden (talk) 08:50, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

The article describes "Major Professional" as follows: "Major Professional companies have branches in more than one city, have touring groups, and/or host large-scale improvisational comedy schools." This seems like a reasonable definition. A user named NewAccount4Me downgraded several companies on December 6, 2013 from "Major Professional" to "Professional", one of which I disagree with. The People's Improv Theater is a major training center in NYC, including touring groups for corporate work. I am returning it to "Major Professional" status, as it's a larger theater than either Philly Improv Theater (PHIT) or Magnet Theater, both of which are listed as "Major Professional". I am also tempted to upgrade The Annoyance Theatre since it has a large training program that has recently expanded successfully into a second city. I'm going to wait, for now, but if it continues to grow, it should be upgraded. Eightfingereddie (talk) 09:02, 06 June 2014 (UTC)

Redlinked troupes
I've removed a vast amount of troupes that do not have articles about them. It's common practice in other articles that the troups/conventions/subjects have to have an article that shows notability before being included in a list here on Wikipedia. The reason behind this is that otherwise it runs the risk of being a promo or a directory for every improv group out there. Next up is for me to check to ensure that all of the links actually go to an entry for an improv group. Once or twice I've clicked on something, only for it to go to something that's obviously not about an improv group.Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   07:32, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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