Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Minnesota Fringe Festivals/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was not promoted by The Rambling Man via FACBot (talk) 23:31, 20 March 2017 (UTC).

Minnesota Fringe Festivals

 * Nominator(s): Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 01:13, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Hello! The Minnesota Fringe Festival is an 11-day performing arts festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 1994 and running every year since. This list collects vital information about each year's festival (dates, # shows, # performances, total attendance, and # venues) in an easily navigable way. It's not a huge list, but it's virtually complete (or, as complete as can be with available references) and fairly novel in terms of its subject matter. The closest living FL relative to this list is List of International Mathematical Olympiads, on which this list is in some ways based. Also worth mentioning: I have worked for and produced shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival though was not compensated or acknowledged in any way for the creation of this list. I'd love to hear any feedback and make sure this list reaches FL criteria, if it doesn't already. Thanks! Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 01:13, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Comment I stumbled on this at DYK, and I have to say that I'm not convinced that it's a list article. It's actually a weak fork. It should be merged back into the main article itself. Can you explain what additional information is provided in this list article that doesn't (or couldn't) exist in the main (brief) article? The Rambling Man (talk) 22:27, 10 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment this nomination has well and truly stalled.  Are you prepared to get some interest in reviewing it, or should I archive it?  I'll give you a week to respond.  The Rambling Man (talk) 22:19, 25 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi,, thanks for the comment and sorry for not getting back to you sooner! This article's existence is based on the existence of List of International Mathematical Olympiads. Both articles could theoretically be unforked back into their main articles as they don't necessarily convey information that couldn't be covered there. It's because of their length that they ought to be forked; the Minnesota Fringe Festival is going into its 25th iteration this year. I couldn't find any guidance in the Manual of Style about when a list should be forked based on length (if you have any additional knowledge here, please let me know!) so I suppose it's pretty subjective and the argument that it should be unforked has some merit. I guess the larger question would be then: how many iterations is enough to justify a forked list? Just some thoughts. Thanks! Bob Amnertiopsis ∴ChatMe! 20:11, 26 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I think that given we're now nearly two months into this nomination and nobody has offered anything beyond my opinion, this has stalled. I would suggest it be closed for the time being.  The Rambling Man (talk) 22:07, 15 March 2017 (UTC)


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