Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Company of Seven

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:56, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Company of Seven[edit]

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Delete. Non-notable theatre company, fails WP:GROUP. References all allude to self-published history of the company. Total absence of any multiple, third-party, independent, reliable sources as required. WWGB (talk) 13:50, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —WWGB (talk) 13:57, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. —WWGB (talk) 13:57, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep. This company has over 40 years of history involving many famous directors and performers from theatre companies from South Australian Film Corp to State theatre of SA. It is a significant vault of theatrical history in South Australia and one of the longest running companies around. The history will be lost if its not allowed to be published. We Haven't had a chance to get the references up yet we are so busy trying to learn how to use this facility. Sven Knutsen 14:18, 8 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by SvensterK (talk • contribs) — SvensterK (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

"We haven't had a chance to get the references up yet"? I think you need to read WP:COI (and especially WP:AUTO. Anyway, delete. This name was hard to Google for, but I couldn't find any significant coverage. The only Gnews hit I found uses the phrase but is about a different subject. Erpert (let's talk about it) 22:53, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Was the company's history not already published (in A Personal Recollection' The Company of Seven Theatre Group's History 1949-1989, as stated in the article)? The Wikipedia article looks suspiciously like a copyvio from said article. If you are merely looking for a web presence then you should be mindful of WP:NOT#WEBHOST. WWGB (talk) 23:29, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Given the group's longevity and the fact that its (self-published) history is kept by several major libraries, it seems plausible that a case for notability could be made if appropriate sources are found (and the massive WP:AUTO issues are fixed). Said sources would likely be found in older, probably regional newspapers and thus very unlikely candidates for a successful google search. The Millicent Library would be a good start. However in the absence of any independent sources coming to light it is a very clear delete.--Yeti Hunter (talk) 14:51, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To clairyfy my earlier comment, I believed it was quite possible that a motivated editor might be able to produce a reliably sourced assertion of notability ("we haven't had time to get the sources up"). COI isn't in and of itself a reason for deletion, but failing to provide reliable sources when prompted certainly is. Delete --Yeti Hunter (talk) 06:43, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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