User talk:Rgas
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--ΜιĿːtalk 11:23, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
The article had a {{prod}} tag which remained in place for 5 days. After this period, if no one fixes the article, it may be deleted. This is what I did. The reason cited by the user who placed the prod tag, Marc Shepherd (talk • contribs), was "This is a non-notable article about a student community theatre group. It is unencyclopedic and does not cite sources." I agree with this synopsis of the article. The subject is inherently non-notable. I hope this clarifies the matter. — Scm83x hook 'em 00:41, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the comments regarding the article; I have taken the liberty of adding my comments here.
I am quite aware that universities do tend to be plagued by fly-by-night societies ( I well remember the Hugga-Bugga Jaffa Cake Society when I was at university!) and that Wikipedia would be thoroughly clogged up by these. I actually did agonise for a while over whether to post the article in the first place but decided that I would for the reasons below. These are also the reasons why I re-posted the article, as I do feel there is a case for the article's inclusion.
I would dispute that the subject is inherently non-notable. The society contributes significantly to the cultural life of the city; the society is one of only two societies that regularly produce Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in Edinburgh. It has a loyal and substantial audience from outside the university, within the city and thus has a reach that extends beyond simply the university. I would add that this is not confined merely to the city as the society has performed in the Waterford Festival. One might say that it is a community group in terms of its roots, however I would consider Edinburgh to be a substantial community!
It has not escaped my notice that there are many societies of a similar nature that are listed which have not been deleted, for example
yale society of orpheus and bacchus
and many others. I would add that the last one appears to be simply a glee club within its university and thus appears manifestly of less interest as an article topic.