Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Theatre, Dublin

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The result was no consensus. Sandstein 12:40, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New Theatre, Dublin

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Fails GNG. Most of the refs only tangentially reference the theatre. South Nashua (talk) 17:53, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:13, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I have added reference to an Irish Times article ( – via HighBeam (subscription required) ) which provides substantial coverage of the theatre on the occasion of its reopening. Aside from many production reviews (which don't in themselves confer notability) Highbeam also has a Washington Post item which offers slightly more than passing mention of the New Theatre. AllyD (talk) 18:47, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Theatre-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 18:51, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - It's a working theatre in Dublin. Spleodrach (talk) 19:46, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment That's not enough on its own to infer notability. South Nashua (talk) 22:09, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: none of the citations are more than a mention of events and the Irish Times is littered with promotional and peacock words that sounds more like a press release. Even the Herald citation is written by the manager. I'd prefer to see some better independent WP:RS. ww2censor (talk) 10:24, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Temple Bar, Dublin. The problem I found when searching for sources is that many were of the variety of "'x' is playing at the New Theatre, Dublin" ie: lots and lots of passing mentions in sources. That suggests that some mention of the New Theatre can belong in the encyclopedia as reliable sources have mentioned it in the context of other topics, but there's nothing I can find that allows me to write a good, solid, article about the theatre itself. If the Independent or Irish Examiner ran a dedicated piece or two about the theatre, that would make it possible to write something - in the meantime, I think namechecking it in Temple Bar's article will do. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 11:49, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep (or merge/redirect) - Since the over-referencing and other quasi-promotional (and indeed copyvio) text has been removed, there do not seem to be any PROMO/NOT issues remaining. In terms of GNG, there do seem to be at least one or two examples of non-trivial coverage. If there's a consensus that those examples don't meet GNG, then the most appropriate remedy would seem to be a merge/redirect at least some of the content (minus the "review-ey" refs/text). To sit perhaps with the text on other "cultural institutions" in the Temple Bar article. Guliolopez (talk) 19:53, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ansh 666 07:58, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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.