Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hetrick Pause


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The result was   delete.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 21:42, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Hetrick Pause

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Contested prod about a neologism used in one local community theatre. There is exactly one non-wikipedia ghit for the term, and that's only on a blog. andy (talk) 17:06, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete I say delete it because it isn't notable. There are no references or external links to help back up the article. --Clarkcj12 (talk) 17:45, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep it I've worked in three community theatres in New England, and all have regularly used the term. I understand why references are hard, because they go directly into the text of plays, and then the article gets flagged for trying to sell manuscripts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.10.233.33 (talk) 18:22, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:16, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: or, in other words, this neologism fails wikipedia's notability guideline at WP:GNG - only a limited set of people have heard of it, it's not in wide use and there's no significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. andy (talk) 23:58, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep it Notibility-wise this article is no different than many entries of people whose been on a single show. Sin City London (talk) 13:53, 12 November 2011 (UTC) — Sin City London (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * I don't really see the relevance in the comparison but in any case articles about such individuals are routinely deleted for failing the notability threshold for biographical articles. Pichpich (talk) 16:03, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Pausing for effect is as old as acting itself. So this is not an article on a new concept that may turn out to be very important. It's an article about an inside joke in some community theatres of New England. It's therefore not really surprising that there is no reliable independent coverage about this topic. (Note that Andy above says that the only Ghit is a blog but it's actually a comment of a blog post!) Pichpich (talk) 16:03, 12 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - The description of the Hetrick Pause sounds exactly like any other pause used for dramatic effect. There is no coverage in any sources, reliable or unreliable that discuss this pause in detail. -- Whpq (talk) 16:28, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as per WP:NEO. Stuartyeates (talk) 05:22, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
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