Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Broadway.com Audience Awards

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The result was no consensus. WP:NPASR KTC (talk) 12:35, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Broadway.com Audience Awards

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{{notability}} tag added by Animalparty. I couldn't find any references on Google. I dream of horses (C) @ 21:13, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. Apparently these awards are now called Broadway.com Audience Choice Award [1] (added to Find Sources above) and as its name implies it's awarded by fans (not judges, critics, academy members, etc). While of course notable plays and actors receive the awards, the notability of the awards themselves is dubious (note that Broadway.com is a redirect to its parent company.) The winners are apparently cataloged in at least one exhaustive annual compendium: Theatre World: The Most Complete Record of the American Theatre (e.g. 2006-2007, 2008-2009), which in those two editions simply state: "The Broadway.com Audience Awards give real theatergoers a chance to honor their favorite Broadway and Off-Broadway shows and performers." followed by a list of winners. Seems to me like statistics that are verifiable but not necessarily notable, per WP:NOTDIR and WP:NOTSTATSBOOK. Most news coverage I could find was from Broadway.com itself, and the unaffiliated sources seem to be brief mentions that award was given (e.g. "The production was honored with a 2010 Broadway.com Audience Award as well as a prestigious Drama Desk Award", and "starring Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winners..." but I haven't found evidence the award carries much prestige. I'd say notability is potentially there, but needs stronger demonstration (non-trivial coverage in reliable third-party sources.), otherwise a simple External link to http://awards.broadway.com (which lists all winners) may suffice. People at Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre might be able to give better perspective on the notability of these awards. --Animalparty! (talk) 00:16, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sailor ^Talk! 00:19, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:47, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~delete - no sources. DangerDogWest (talk) 02:42, 26 October 2015 (UTC)~~[reply]

Struck content from confirmed sock above, per WP:SOCKSTRIKE. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:27, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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