Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Shaw (theatre director)


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The result was delete. Nobody contests deletion, notability appears borderline at best, and as reported here, the subject himself has requested deletion via OTRS.  Sandstein  11:12, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Robert Shaw (theatre director)

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With quite a few Robert Shaws existing, I had some difficulty with my work BEFORE nominating the page, but everything I found relating to this Shaw was one-sentence mentions of "run by Shaw" or "translated by Shaw." The references in the article do little more than this as well. At this time it appears he is a MILL director and does not meet GNG. Primefac (talk) 18:02, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete lacks coverage to establish notability as a director.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:25, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment - the subject of the article contacted OTRS and provided the following references, commenting: "This list by no means comprehensive but it is what I have been able to find in the last half hour or so. I’m fairly sure most of these mention me by name.  If any of them don’t, they are still about me in the sense that they are a review of my work."
 * http://www.threeweeksedinburgh.com/article/robert-shaw-inside-intelligence-on-the-fringes-new-play-thriller/
 * http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/the-medium-the-wanton-sublime-arcola-theatre_38611.html
 * https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/07/sylvia-plath-radio-play
 * http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/theater/26plath.html?_r=0
 * https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/dec/03/sylviaplath-poetry
 * http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/news/08-2011/robert-shaw-on-isadora-duncan-_8082.html
 * http://oughttobeclowns.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/review-product-arcola.html
 * http://bargaintheatreland.com/the-wanton-sublime-and-the-medium-arcola-theatre-london/
 * http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/the-medium-the-wanton-sublime-arcola-theatre_38611.html
 * http://playstosee.com/the-wanton-sublime-and-the-medium/
 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/grimeborn-festival-arcola-review/
 * http://www.reviewsgate.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8184
 * http://civiliantheatre.com/2015-2/the-medium-the-wanton-sublime
 * http://www.thestateofthearts.co.uk/2015/08/27/plainchant-meets-plain-crazy-at-this-years-grimeborn-festival
 * http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/edinburgh-festival/article4179896.ece
 * http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/mark-ravenhill-product-review
 * http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/63165-mark-ravenhill-product/
 * http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/product/
 * http://www.broadwaybaby.com/shows/mark-ravenhill-product/701299
 * http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/product-assembly-hall-10486
 * http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/reviews/08-2014/product-ravenhill-poulet_35292.html
 * http://www.femalearts.com/node/2616
 * https://benhuxleyblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/review-poena-5x1/
 * http://www.edfestmag.com/poena-5x1-or-how-i-came-to-agree-with-the-right-wing-thinking/
 * http://www.broadwaybaby.com//shows/poena-5x1/713962
 * http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2016/08/edinburgh-festival-fringe-2016-review-poena-5x1/
 * http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/poena-5x1-underbelly-med-13178
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/teddy-and-topsy-old-red-lion-londonbrhenri-oguike-linbury-studio-london-2240291.html
 * http://www.timeout.com/london/dance/review/2130/teddy-topsy
 * http://thepublicreviews.blogspot.com/2009/01/3-women-jermyn-street-theatre.html
 * http://ind.pn/hlh9DA
 * http://www.edfestmag.co.uk/fringe/theatre/1217-sylvia-plath-three-women-the-first-revival
 * http://www.fringereview.co.uk/fringeReview/3045.html
 * http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/festivals-2009/Theatre-review-Sylvia-Plath-.5548668.jp
 * http://edinburgh.threeweeks.co.uk/review/7459
 * http://www.broadwaybaby.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7235
 * http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2010/edinburghfringe/poemwithoutaheroreview-6123
 * http://edinburgh.threeweeks.co.uk/review/9387
 * http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/theater/reviews/28plath.html
 * http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=thre11079
 * http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/threewomen.php
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/interactive/2009/jan/07/robert-shaw-sylvia-plath
 * http://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-have-never-seen-thing-so-clear-sylvia.html
 * http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-10-13/theater/dead-poet-doubleheader-wish-i-had-a-sylvia-plath-and-three-women/
 * http://www.backstage.com/bso/content_display/reviews/ny-theatre-reviews/e3id03412c644d4e5cd0982c69250db4322
 * http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/theater/333903/three-women
 * http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2010/edinburghfringe/teddyandtopsyreview-5944
 * http://www.edinburghspotlight.com/2010/08/fringe-review-teddy-and-topsy-c/
 * http://ed.thestage.co.uk/reviews/917
 * http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/edinburgh/E8831282572755/Some+Gorgeous+Accident.html
 * http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2010/edinburghfringe/somegorgeousaccidentreview-6299
 * I did not check all of those references in detail; merely looking at the URLs some seem to be blogs and likely do not meet our standards of reliability. Of those I did look at, few devoted more than a single sentence to Mr Shaw himself. The best I'm aware of are the NYT and The Guardian, the first of which is already cited in the article itself. Huon (talk) 16:29, 16 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I got bored and decided to go through them all. There is definitely enough in here to have an article on Inside Intelligence, but half the articles didn't even mention Shaw by name, and all but three of the rest were variations on "...directed by Shaw". The final three are just interviews (and more talk about the plays themselves). For the record, I was not counting the NYT/Guardian articles given by Huon that are already in the article. Primefac (talk) 16:46, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment - according to more recent communication via OTRS, Mr Shaw would like to see the article deleted as soon as possible. So the above is not meant to be taken as an attempt to stave off deletion. Huon (talk) 18:24, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


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