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Wicht Club

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All of the 3 listed sources in this article are no longer working. I was not able to find anything online about Wicht Club, its definitely not notable organisation. SolxrgashiUnited (talk) 15:23, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. SolxrgashiUnited (talk) 15:23, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:48, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Theatre III

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Does not pass WP:GNG - sources are all trivial coverage or non-independent. Prod was contested by the article author. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:22, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Theatre and Massachusetts. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 18:22, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Nothing but primary sources and namedrops. Fails the GNG, and doesn't come within a country mile of WP:ORG. Fascinating how the deprodding rationale was "see talk," without any discussion actually surfacing on the article's Talk page. Ravenswing 19:18, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It was in the edit comment of the talk page (see history). It said:

There are a number of other small articles on community theaters in the Boston area, e.g. Arlington Friends of the Drama and The Footlight Club.

Those articles are similar in scope and references to the one being considered. Tmshortt (talk) 01:49, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are many articles about the theater in local newspapers (Lowell Sun and (Acton) Assabet Valley Beacon) (via newspaperarchive.com) from the 1970s, but then the articles dry up. There's very little recent coverage as local papers are shutdown/acquired. Tmshortt (talk) 02:07, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Promotional article about WP:MILL community theater group. Refs are mostly to their own website or tangential info about their location. No notable people involved. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:21, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, there are no citable (online or otherwise) references for notable people who were involved with the theater, which includes both Alexandra Socha and Chris Evans. Tmshortt (talk) 01:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As far as the WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument you make, those two articles you cite make referenced assertions of notability. There are also references which meet WP:GNG's requirement of significant coverage of the subject, which none of the references in this article come remotely close to meeting. If, indeed, there are reliable sources out there providing such coverage, they must be produced, not merely inferred.
As far as notable people involved with the theater, WP:NOTINHERITED debars notability by association. With that, though, there's a basic principle: if you cannot produce the necessary references, then an article on the subject cannot be sustained. Ravenswing 17:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Very weak keep per sources provided. Darkfrog24 (talk) 19:36, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]