Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Immediate Gratification Players


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The result was   keep. Stifle (talk) 11:10, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

The Immediate Gratification Players

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Fails to meet WP:GROUP, only media references are in the university paper. --fvw *  09:33, 14 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - there are 14 references, only 5 are from the university paper. --SMSpivey  *  14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, but the others aren't about the subject of the article, but rather about people tangentially related to it. --fvw *  10:31, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The notability of an improv group is usually measured by the quality of the people it produces. The most famous professional groups are only notable because they were created by or produced successful comedians (UCB: Amy Poehler, Second City: Bill Murray, etc). Having successful alumni is much more important than having a mention or two in a major newspaper as a direct indicator as to how influential a given improv troupe is. --SMSpivey (talk) 14 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep - I reckon these people deserve a mention. Please note that for comedians, different rules apply for notability standards. CD album sales can be measured and charted, but the success of an improv group has to be measured differently. - Richard Cavell (talk) 10:31, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect - as of right now, in that the group is mentioned and referenced in the Harvard article. However as it states in the Harvard  piece: “…are among the oldest collegiate Improvisational comedy groups in the nation”, can be verified (Sorry to say I could not find any source to substantiate this claim, searching for over an hour), I will definitely change my opinion to Keep. ShoesssS Talk 14:59, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - Added non-Harvard sources for the information in the article. Couldn't find any evidence outside of the Harvard College article that the group is one of the oldest, so I removed that. In general, it is pretty difficult to find media articles related to improv groups outside of the top few professional ones (Upright Citizens Brigade, the Second City, Groundlings). SMSpivey (talk) 09:48, 15 December 2008 (UTC)


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