Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deaf Side Story


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The result was no consensus defaulting to Keep and w/o prejudice to a future renomination. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:04, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Deaf Side Story

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This is about an evidently commendable theatrical play that was staged in 2000 at MacMurray College, in Jacksonville, Illinois, but failed to get attention. The significant mentions of the play that were found are name checks in texts about West Side Story (e.g. here), a mention in The Oxford Handbook of Music and Disability Studies (here), a book dedicated to the play's production (Deaf Side Story: Deaf Sharks, Hearing Jets, and a Classic American Musical) and similar finds. The subject alas does not meet WP:GNG. The Gnome (talk) 11:03, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete No evidence of notability. Reywas92Talk 20:18, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to West Side Story in the way previously suggested on the article's talk page. Unfortunately a major participant in that discussion,, recently retired from Wikipedia. It's not fully notable itself, but I think it deserves a brief mention as at least an unusual language version of the play. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 22:17, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. An entire book from a scholarly press isn't chopped liver, but I can also see the argument that we have to weigh that against very passing mentions in other sources. I would probably lean towards a merge as ultimately most of the article content is routine (a production of a play had obstacles? shock) and could be summed up in a sentence or two. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 01:37, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:10, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep The discussion on the Talk page includes links to two reviews of the book, in the Review of Disability Studies and the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. I also found one in the Boston Globe (17 paras) . So the book meets WP:NBOOK #1 "The book has been the subject of two or more non-trivial published works appearing in sources that are independent of the book itself. This can include published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, other books, television documentaries, bestseller lists, and reviews." As the discussion on the Talk page suggests, the article could be rewritten to focus on the book (and also include some of the criticisms of the reviewers).
 * Looking for sources, I found that a play called Deaf Side Story was staged in Ottawa in 1987. I don't know anything more about it - from the description of the play that is the subject of the current article, it seems likely that it was a completely different adaptation of West Side Story. If it was the same one, it would perhaps contribute to the notability of the play, but as it stands, it's just a curious point. RebeccaGreen (talk) 08:19, 3 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep and name change I could find nothing new, change page to name of the book (see RebeccaGreen) and problem solved. (Dushan Jugum (talk) 08:30, 3 February 2019 (UTC)).


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