Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/StarKid Productions

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 Yasht101 11:58, 1 May 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)[reply]

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Non-notable troupe with an entire cluster of non-notable items, each with its own article(s), all created by a tiny coterie of SPAs. Orange Mike | Talk 02:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:07, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:08, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Absolutely DO NOT delete! They are a notable theater company established in Chicago with a huge worldwide internet/cult following. They have been written about by many major magazines and newspapers such as Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and have appeared on shows such as Access Hollywood, MTV, VH1 etc... Their albums have charted on iTunes and Billboard, one coming in at #1 on Billboard's Top Cast Albums, topping the musical Wicked, and another one making Billboard history as the first student-produced college musical to reach the Billboard charts (even topping Lady Gaga and Glee). Their concerts have sold out at notable venues and their plays have gone viral, having been viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube (hence, the need for the linked articles about the plays). It is also co-owned by Darren Criss, a notable person.--Mimi C. (talk) 03:16, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I don't understand where your idea of StarKid Productions being unnotable has come from. You haven't cited any actual Wikipedia guidelines yet, and as far as I know, the StarKid articles pass the notability guidelines fine. The fact that you also tagged 'sub articles' for the same vage reasons without an actual discussion of StarKid's notability is shocking to say the least. Eladkse (talk) 06:07, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• KeepThere's ample coverage of this company; the sources already in the article (Chicago Tribune, Michigan Radio, Hollywood News, HuffPost and others) are more than sufficient to pass WP:GNG. I wouldn't be averse to seeing the sub-articles trimmed and merged to this page (and seeing some of the more trivial content edited out altogether), but StarKid Productions clearly meets the requirements for notability. Yunshui 雲‍水 10:54, 1 May 2012 (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.