Talk:Yale Repertory Theatre

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From VfD:

Let's not just pick on Dartmouth. :) Seriously, though, this is just a stub ("Yale Repertory Theatre is part of Yale University") with an external link and has been so such since 1 June. Not notable, I think. See also: Yale Cabaret, Harvard-Yale sister colleges, Yale School of Drama, The Yale Society of Orpheus & Bacchus ... there may be more. --Elf-friend 19:39, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Delete. Contains no information. The same goes for Yale School of Drama. Abstain on Yale Society of Orpheus & Bacchus—if they really are one of the oldest a capella groups in the US, that's probably notable. Harvard-Yale sister colleges may need some cleanup but wouldn't neatly fit in the article for either specific university, so I'd say keep that. — Gwalla | Talk 22:50, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Changed to weak keep. Evidently important outside of campus. Still needs some information besides "it's part of Yale", though. — Gwalla | Talk 16:41, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The problem is that Yale Rep. is kind of famous. Granted this article is a speedy deletion candidate for being a substub, but perhaps we can delete this and place Yale Repertory Theater (notice the American spelling) on the list of Requested Articles. Yale Cabaret, Harvard-Yale sister colleges are clear non-notable. Yale School of Drama is marginal and on the line. Same for that Orpheus and Bacchus. Geogre 00:57, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Keep Yale Repertory Theatre, keep Yale School of Drama. The others will need individual nominations and deliberation. Geogre 00:54, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

please don't use the incorrect, so-called "American" spelling. - Nunh-huh 03:55, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Ok, the "post-Noah Webster orthographical reform spelling that had been proposed in the UK but then suddenly got rejected by the British because an American was proposing it, as is discussed in Mencken's The American Language." If the folks at Yale are using the -re, then that should be the article title, but they should catch up with the 19th century. :-) Geogre 12:59, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Fair warning: you will be extremely disappointed if you tour America looking for a stage production in a theatre which calls itself a "theater". It's closer to a "stage" vs "movie" difference than a "UK" vs "US" difference; and even in movies it's about a 50% chance it'll be a "theatre". -- Nunh-huh 17:37, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Certainly the Yale Rep is notable enough for an article, even if this isn't the article. -- Jmabel 02:45, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
Yale Rep is quite a signifigant theatre company in the US. I believe a number of important plays have been premiered there. The one that comes to mind immediately is Master Harold and the Boys. Yale Drama is also a significant drama school, also I think it is the only professional drama school at an Ivy League University.--Samuel J. Howard 03:14, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
This is an absolutely insane nomination for deletion. It's also a pitably short article on one of the foremost American regional theatres. - Nunh-huh 03:38, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- If the topic is nominated, I agree. The article, though, is wretched (meaning it should go on CU). Geogre 03:52, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Delete unless expanded to at least a stub. -Sean Curtin 03:42, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
Keep. The article has been cleaned up significantly - please check it out before you vote. The Yale Repertory Theatre has premiered 90 productions, four of which have won Pulitzer Prizes and ten have won Tony Awards. The Theatre itself won a Tony for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 1991 as well as a Governor's Arts Award in 2002 for contributions to the arts in Connecticut. Some praiseworthy editor has already added this before I had the opportunity to.Capitalistroadster 09:55, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Keep. Cultural, historic and architectural significance extends beyond the campus. Davodd 12:02, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
Keep. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 02:12, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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