Talk:Gang Show

What is a Gang Show?

This article tells about some gang shows that have taken place, but completely fails to tell what a gang show actually is. "an amateur variety show generally of a high standard and where the cast is made up of Scouts and Guides." just isn't enough information to give a clear picture (or any picture at all, really) of what exactly it is. (Note: This comment isn't just for the sake of argument - I really have no idea what one is.) --Tim4christ17 05:32, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

<irony> Do you mean we have to explain what Scouting (and its constituent activities) are all about? Can't we just assume that everybody knows that what we are on about is the greatest set of activities ever devised for young people? Are you serious that, just possibly, we have to explain ourselves? Albatross2147 06:27, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, to be honest, its actualy hard to explain what a gang show is. Its sort of Like Trying to Explain what Red is to a blind person - You can give them a technical description, tell them about light refraction and reflection, how you percive colours, and all the other scientific aspects of the Colour red till you are blue in the face, so to speak, but you still wouldn't have explained what red Is. The best we really can do is explain what it is like, and provide as much inner detail as possible, and let you draw your own conclusions, because we can't really explain to you what a Gang Show IS unless you've experienced it for yourself - either seeing a show, or Being in one. Trust me, I've been trying to explain for 10 years to people What the Brisbane Gang show is, and I've not once found a way that didn't leave people going "But what IS It?" (Churba 03:58, 17 July 2006 (EST))

It's true, it's extremely hard to give a satisfying definition of Gang Show. People only really get it once they've experienced it Dac 04:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Scouting

A "see also" link on Scouting to this article was deleted as being country specific. Is the Gang Show wider than the few countries mentioned - UK, NZ and Oz? If so, it should reflect that and then a link to the main artice might be justified. If it is limited to a few countries, it should not be linked there. --Bduke 07:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

History, organisation, format...

These three sections are all a bit mixed up at the moment, and this makes things confusing... I'll see what I can do if I have the time, but I'm a little preoccupied - if anyone else can see to it, that would be great... Horus Kol Talk 16:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Merge

Otago Gang Show doesn't seem notable on its own; however it should be mentioned in this article. --jergen 18:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

• support merge per nom. Chris 21:14, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• merge Rlevse 21:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• support merge per jergen's arguments. --Bduke 22:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
• support merge - no references :: maelgwntalk 23:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I have completed the merge, adding some material to the Otago section of the article. --Bduke 10:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Requested Split

Anyone else think this section is getting far too long? It's essentially inviting a summary of every Gang Show in the world and that's just making things cluttered. I have no issues with keeping all the external links, but for this section I think we may need to condense it. Your thoughts? Dac 22:17, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Further to this point I think it's necessary to consider a split article, because it is much too long to simply remain a part of this article. The proposal is to split the Gang Shows Around The World section off into its own article. Your thoughts? Dac 00:55, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

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• oppose There is not enough material here to justify a split yet. You will get more exposure on this if you announce it at WP:SCOUT --Gadget850 ( Ed) 12:24, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
• oppose Per gadget and too much of this content is unreferenceable, should be trimmed and referenced to address issues. :: maelgwn - talk 12:35, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
• oppose, for reasons above. Chris 23:30, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, then I'll condense it all. Most of the material is not needed so I'll cut it down to a name, location and how long it's been around. Dac 09:02, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

That might be going a bit too far and more than this discussion has suggested. The main point is, in my opinion, to cut out advert-like material and general puffery. Each piece should concentrate on the essentials, which of course include name, location and how long it has been around, but there are in some cases other points to leave in. Many of the external links can be from the section itself, as many are now, rather then putting them in a separate "External links" section. --Bduke 12:20, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree—eliminating all of the text is not the way to go, we just end up with a laundry list. Show information should include year of start, notable people and events. Entries do not need every director, every song or skit and the like. External links should be made into proper references. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:02, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'll work on it, and see how it goes. The laundry list may not be perfect but it's better for the moment that the insanely long list we had before. Dac 22:21, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

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Gang Shows around the World - Australia

I beleive that Strzlecki Showtime should be removed from this list as it is not a Gang Show per se, or at least add Camberwell ST, Whitehorse ST and South Metro ST to the list to be fair.

Michaelkurtanjek (talk) 11:21, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Merge of Crest of a wave

It has been proposed that Crest of a wave be merged here. It has several problems which are mentioned at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scouting#Crest of a Wave, where the merge is also proposed and supported. Please continue the discussion here. --Bduke (Discussion) 01:19, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

• support Agree with the previous comments. Article is very short and subject is not notable outside of the context of the gang show. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 01:21, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
• support merge, and cleanup tense and tone, reads like a how-to. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:43, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support good catch Bduke. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:45, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
• Support. No references, too short, largely subjective. Dac (talk) 02:54, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

United States

I have moved this from the artcile leaving just a staement that needs referencing of course. I am leaving htis here to assist those searching for a reference.

"Gang Shows were also produced in Pittsburgh and Chicago. Mr. Reader gave me a signed copy of "This is The Gang Show" during production of our Show in PIttsburgh. The book was written in 1957; so our show was maybe in 1958. We went to Chicago to see their show and Toronto to see theirs prior to the Pittsburgh production. Robert Harper, Mr. Blaskhurst and Mr. Witherspoon were responsible for our Troop 243 participation in the event. I still hear "Crest of a Wave" in my mind and soul."

--Bduke (Discussion) 00:51, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Original research tag

The reason I have tagged the article with the {{Original research}} header is because (as of that edit) there is no way to tell what content has been generated from the personal experiences of Scouting members participating in Gang Shows, and what content has been taken from reliable, published sources, but has not been referenced. -- saberwyn 04:04, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

List of Gangshows

I am not really sure that a list of Gangshows is really needed here, it could be split off or just deleted. It is unlikely (although possible) that many of them would be worthy of their own articles, so basically it is just a directory (see WP:NOT#DIR). I guess it is useful for people searching for information about gangshows but is not encyclopedia worthy. I know that they are an important part of the scouting experience but there will not be a large number of third party references to go along with this. I suspect the list is far from complete but it is just a hunch. -- maelgwn - talk 01:28, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I am inclined to agree. After getting rid of lists of Troops/Groups/Units etc. on many articles, we are now replacing them, not just here, but in other places, with lists of Gang Shows. How best to proceed? I do not think that the largely IP editors who are adding this stuff will be reading this talk page. --Bduke (Discussion) 03:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, it may be worth just deleting it entirely...at the moment all it's doing is attracting more and more citation tags which will never get filled and it's hardly giving off sufficient information to warrant a list that size. Dac (talk) 07:05, 26 November 2009 (UTC)