Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Christmas Doll


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 15:23, 8 July 2014 (UTC)

The Christmas Doll

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This musical does not appear to have acquired enough attention to have crossed the notability threshold. It appears to have won an award for Best Musical from the National Youth Theater group, but that group itself does not appear to be notable (it is a high school-oriented organization that gives out awards to high school-related productions of theater). It was only ever performed at a single theater in North Carolina for one season and not again afterwards. The other award was only a nomination, and from another group without notability of its own (I could not even determine who awards it, though it might be a local radio station), and nominations are not usually considered enough to qualify a subject for notability even for national awards by notable groups (unless there are lots of them). What I see, then, is a single production of a high school musical by a group in North Carolina-- a production that did not receive any wider attention by the media during or since it first took place, and for which there does not appear to have been any significant coverage. For this reason I propose it be deleted as having failed to meet WP:GNG and WP:EVENT. KDS 4444 Talk  02:09, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Also note that although the play's author, Joan Cushing, appears to have a blue link in the article and is therefore herself a notable person in her own right, the link simply goes to the article on "playwright", not an article on Ms. Cushing (who does not actually appear to be a notable person). This makes me deeply suspicious of the article's authorship: the person who wrote the piece clearly knew how to use blue links and clearly used this one to disguise the lack of notability of the playwright, all of which adds to this article's notability fail.  KDS 4444  Talk  02:16, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * And finally, the article's original author, Sprintsketch, is a single purpose account used for nothing other than the creation of this article, and by someone who was him- or herself an experienced editor. To me, this strongly suggests that someone was paid to write the piece, not because the subject of the article was at all notable.  KDS 4444  Talk  02:27, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - lol, well that's peculiar. I agree, the article acts like this is a broadway show or something when it's clearly not. The book itself may have an argument for notability, but this play? No. Bali88 (talk) 05:17, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete: This musical, by a non-notable creator, was given a short run at a local theatre, followed by some amateur productions. Not notable. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:30, 25 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:41, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 01:07, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 04:37, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  15:52, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - Very few sources are available at all, and none convincing enough to pass WP:GNG.- MrX 17:28, 1 July 2014 (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.