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Der Grüne Wagen

Any opinions people on the notability of this Austrian theatre company? If you think it's not notable feel free to say so. It was relisted for deletion!† Encyclopædius 16:53, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Encyclopædius, Not sure the benefit of canvassing here, nor do I imagine Jimbo will chime in about a random Austrian theatre company. For my two cents, I'd say that merely asserting notability without giving evidence is not notability at all. Saying that there is probably offline coverage in another language is not very helpful. There could be offline coverage about a lot of things. Who knows, I could be notable based on offline coverage nobody has found. But of the sources that have been found, PMC's analysis reveals they are mostly garbage. CaptainEek ⚓ 18:32, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

@CaptainEek: Probably the user is noting the fact that this talkpage has half amount of watchers as the Teahouse, but contains only one-thirteenth of discussion compared to the teahouse. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 00:27, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Not canvassing, simply looking for wider input on why we wouldn't include such an article. Aymatth2 is as baffled as myself. † Encyclopædius 20:15, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

William Dieterle, the director of The Life of Emile Zola which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1937, was the director of the theatre when he returned from Hollywood. Aside from being the oldest touring German-language theatre in existence it regularly has big names in theatre in its cast. It shouldn't have been relisted for deletion, sadly there's been a marked drop in people participating at FAC and AFD since the start of COVID.† Encyclopædius 13:49, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Encyclopædius, Okay, so point out some sources that show it meets WP:GNG if you believe it so obviously notable. CaptainEek ⚓ 18:24, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

• Augsburger Allegemeine full article
• full article
• full article
• Nord Bayern newspaper dated 14 Sept 1963, full article
• Zeit one of Germany's main newspapers, full article behind a paypall.
• And Zeit again all I can access in a search is "Salzburger Regiegastspiel will William Dieterle die "Medea" von Robinson Jeffers für den "Grünen Wagen" " Sources which cover it extensively will be in newspapers and theater journals like those offline.
• Like this Die Bühne, Issues 340-351 p.37 snippet all I can see is "Hollweg gelang GRÜNER WAGEN es , das an sich undramatisch starre Schema ohne Denunziation der frühen Frommes ... Auch wenn vor szenischen Kalau E inst von William Dieterle geleitet und Richard Strauss : Zwei Premieren ern nicht ".
• Also covered in Dierterle's biography over several pages which I can't access. If somebody had access to German newspaper archives we'd find much more from the 50s and 60s.

There's enough to pass GNG though given the actors who've toured with it you'd expect more extensive coverage in contemporary papers online.† Encyclopædius 20:25, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Encyclopædius, I suggest you add all of that to the AfD, as that is what will ensure the article is saved. CaptainEek ⚓ 05:36, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

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Board questions

Hi Jimbo, would you please update as to when Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections are expected? I know there are always exciting changes with the Foundation, and bylaws have been amended to lengthen board members' terms. Will we have a board with all members elected, an oligarchy, or something in between, and if the latter two, what is the plan to guard against neglect of the many for the benefit of the few? 96.90.213.161 (talk) 02:25, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

And if the former, what is the plan to prevent the needs of the many from outweighing the needs of the few? 107.242.121.3 (talk) 00:13, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Touché 96.90.213.161 (talk) 02:16, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

New ArbCom

Hello Jimbo, just FYI - the 2020 ArbCom election has concluded, you may view the results here: Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2020#Results. The full slate of 7 candidates has been approved by the community, and we had a record setting year of all standing candidates clearing a 50% approval rating. Best regards, — xaosflux 20:15, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Fantastic!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 13:15, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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