Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of plays in English on the Internet


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The result was   delete. joe deckertalk to me 16:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

List of plays in English on the Internet

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There's nothing notable about a list of plays that happen to have been uploaded to the Internet, I would say. Biruitorul Talk 14:37, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per my PROD rationale: Intentionally and by nature a WP:LINKFARM. While it is potentially useful in user space or even project space, this does not belong in mainspace. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 15:07, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete—Agree with the previous two posters, WP:INDISCRIMINATE Liv it ⇑ Eh?/What? 15:28, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep— or else which existing article can I include the information in? The article is meant as a guide to any person (e.g. theatre producers, educators in drama schools, high schools, or universities) wishing to find out which play is royalty-free and which is not. Although some of the plays are obscure, they may be better known once people become aware of their availability on the Internet. Appearance on such a list does not make the play notable as such, but it makes it more likely to be read, and so it serves the more general purpose of encouraging people to read plays. It is an extension of the "List of playwrights by nationality and year of birth" article created on 19 May 2006 that serves the same purpose, except for the fact that the present version of that article has no web link. Should the information on this article be shifted over to that one? User:Neojacob, orginator of this article, 16:07, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Reply - Unfortunately, this is not the sort of information that Wikipedia stores. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of links, nor is it a how-to guide. It's an encyclopedia. A list of English-language plays is one thing. A list of links to English-language plays that are available via the Internet is another. Delete. - Jorgath (talk) (contribs) 16:45, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


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 * Delete There are no grounds for special pleading here. This is an indiscriminate list defined weakly by an unimportant and evanescent attribute - whether uploaded. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:58, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete A "list of things uploaded to the Internet" is inherently unmaintainable. Shii (tock) 04:35, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Per everyone else, this is not encyclopedic content. I suggest asking WikiProject Theatre if it would be useful as a project subpage. We have a similar page, although much broader in content and scope at WikiProject Opera. See WikiProject Opera/Online research. - Voceditenore (talk) 11:17, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.