Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philly Improv Theater (PHIT)


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The result was keep. John254 00:17, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Philly Improv Theater (PHIT)

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Non-notable theater group. References are not substantial, information provided is not encyclopedic. Bongo matic  15:02, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, Philadelphia Inquirer, the largest paper in Philly, is notable enough. Meets Notability travb (talk) 18:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment The sourcing isn't great, I think the article needs to be trimmed and made encyclopedic with referenced verifiable information, but I'm not sure about deleting it all together. It's pretty marginal whether it's notable enough to be included. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep There seems to be enough. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:29, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Userfy If the Philadelphia Inquirer thinks it's worthwile to write an article about them, it's likely to be notable. I suggest it to be userfied to User:Maughangl (only significant contributor) with a message on the concerns to give them a chance to fix it up. - Mgm|(talk) 21:54, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 09:43, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I'm adding a few more sources that I found via Google. After looking around, I'm not sure if this improv group is incredibly notable, but I'd think that I would agree with MacGyverMagic that it would be a bit drastic to delete the article instead of giving a good-faith effort to bring it up to standards. SMSpivey (talk) 08:29, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * On second thought, I'm going to say Keep, The group appears to meet the notable standard, although the article seems to be trying its hardest to hide that. It needs to be cleaned up, pared down, and made into an encyclopedic entry instead of a play-by-play, but, from the coverage by major newspapers and local magazines, should be here. It should be kept in mind that notability is different for comedy troupes, compared to musical acts or even straight theater groups. There are no hit charts and often arts pages aren't eager to cover them. Honestly, it would be helpful to see if any notable alumni have been produced by the group, as that is often a reliable measure of notability for a comedy troupe within the comedy world. SMSpivey (talk) 08:46, 26 December 2008 (UTC)


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