Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Friday Nite Improvs

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was KEEP. Passes notability criterias, poor-faith nom. --Madchester 09:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Friday Nite Improvs

• Delete- Not notable. Local in scope, no verifiable evidence of attendence figures. No links verfing several of the notable alumni. Much of its information is from its own internal sources (its own website), not verifiable through outside sources and therefore not encyclopaedic. Completely lacks A significant amount of media coverage that is not trivial in nature and that deals specifically with the organization as the primary subject (from Wikipedia's notability page). Promotional in nature and without sources, its hard to tell what is factual. Cs1085 13:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Do not delete. - AfD created in retaliation for an AfD on the Telefact article, which, unfortunately, the creators of that article have |taken very personally. Friday Nite Improvs brought up for deletion less than a month ago but passed using notability standards for music. See: Talk:Friday Nite Improvs#Why this article is notable.--Chris Griswold 18:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Passes WP:MUSIC (which is the closest notability standard), and this seems to be a retaliatory AFD. (Disclosure: ChrisG asked me to come and take a administrative look at this AFD, but I decided to just participate instead.) - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 00:30, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Note: I wanted some advice on how to approach this appropriately. I don't also want to get too personal. I am open to criticism of the article, however; I need to do a LexisNexus search soon to get some more information on the topic.--Chris Griswold 01:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, dubious AfD nom. Combination 00:40, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment- This was in no way retaliatory AFD, I just found similar issues with this article (as mentioned above). I still have doubts it is notable, but seems like a consensus says otherwise. Some citations still are needed here, however.24.3.59.222 04:40, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 11:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per discussion on the talk page. Local in scope but notable in its home area. 2004 Best of Pittsburgh award is a good example of its standing in the community. Meets standards for notability as a result. —C.Fred (talk) 14:01, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment- "local in scope but notable in its home area" is a double standard, considering another article (Telefact) is being deleted that fullfills the same criteria and has around 8 times more users than Improvs has had viewers. 24.3.59.222 18:22, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep- per discussion on the talk page. 71.245.197.94 18:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Seems at least somewhat notable, and provides a good deal of information. --Gray Porpoise 22:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment- Friday Nite Improvs did get 3rd best comedy club in Pittsburgh in 2004, however, there are only three comedy clubs in Pittsburgh....Cs1085 17:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - That is incorrect. There are many comedy shows in Pittsburgh, all of which were considered for the award. --Chris Griswold 00:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - After looking into it, there appear to be two clubs and four "open stages." Two of the four open stages are not just comedy, they include singing, poetry, and music as well.[1] The other one at Mt. Troy Church no longer seems to be offered.Cs1085 13:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per A Man In Black. Also, why does this article have an {{expand}} template added? It seems sufficient in length that any further additions can be discussed on the talk page without cluttering up the article. Yamaguchi先生 21:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

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.