Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Regional Theatre: the Revolutionary Stage

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The result was delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:42, 9 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regional Theatre: the Revolutionary Stage

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Non-notable book with no significant coverage. The entire article is sourced to the book itself. Fails WP:BK. SL93 (talk) 22:19, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:38, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Theatre-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:38, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - The largest section of this article is dedicated to the regional theatre movement itself, which I believe has its own article. The sources reference back to the book. EverybodyEdits (talk) 01:37, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Non-notable book. No significant coverage of the book itself. -- Ssilvers (talk) 06:30, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, though I wouldn't be surprised if the author is indeed notable. desmay (talk) 14:14, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Taking a clue from desmay I did a newspapers.com search for the author and I believe he is notable. I propose keeping the article, Renaming it as the author and expanding it and providing better sourcing for the book material. // Timothy :: talk 23:25, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You could put it in Draft space, expand it and then move it to main space once you're satisfied that it covers the person's life adequately. -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:15, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Look at Google Books, there's at least a few journal articles that review it, loads of references to it as a significant contribution, and the 2019 book America in the Round: Capital, Race, and Nation at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage calls it "the central text of the field" of scholarship on US regional theatre. Looking at context it's enough to pass WP:NBOOK Boneymau (talk) 01:54, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,

Salvio

10:39, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: As per the nomination, the article fails on WP:NBOOK due the references relying wholly on one source. --Whiteguru (talk) 13:23, 7 September 2020 (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.