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Another input request

Comments appreciated at Talk:List of plays adapted into feature films#Need for article split.4meter4 (talk) 18:56, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Laird Mackintosh

I noticed that the article for Laird Mackintosh, who played the title role for the last performance of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, needs some improvement. Any help with sourcing would be appreciated. Best, Thriley (talk) 02:56, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Input request

Members may wish to comment here as some musical theatre actors have been the recipient of this award. The outcome could also impact other categories on awards in the arts by setting a precedent. All opinions welcome. See Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 July 1#Category:Kennedy Center honorees.4meter4 (talk) 19:16, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category discussion

Just discovered this discussion: Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 June 18#Category:Musical television specials. Project members may wish to comment.4meter4 (talk) 01:27, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Input request on article title

Please comment at Talk:Burlesque Opera of Tabasco#Article title.4meter4 (talk) 03:24, 13 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Award for Best Musical

Tony Award for Best Musical - This page has become unreadable with listing all the producers, especially more recent entries which have long lists of producers. Any thoughts on removing this? It is all linked in on the official Tony Website. Mark E (talk) 11:25, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@ Mark E The benefit of having lists on wikipedia is having lists with wiki-links which allow you to go to encyclopedia entries on people, places, things, etc within those lists. An external list doesn't interlink with wikipedia's content so I would not support the removal of this list. Further, our project doesn't have the authority to make this kind of decision unilaterally. Removing/deleting content falls under the purview of WP:AFD. The list is a bit bulky with the producers listed towards the bottom, but that is not a valid reason to remove the list which clearly passes WP:LISTN and would easily survive an AFD. Perhaps some sort of reformatting would help organize the content more easily and solve the complaint about bulky reading? Best.4meter4 (talk) 11:45, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in no way suggesting the removal of the article. Merely, removing the producers and reverting back to Book/Music/Lyrics as seem in this earlier revision - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical&oldid=1159716664 Mark E (talk) 13:59, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Great new source (at least new to me)

Hi all. I just discovered a treasure trove of material at the Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1760–1966); a website dedicated to making historic music journals available to the public. These are particularly useful for this project for reviews of early musicals and operettas. If you have interests in classical music, opera, etc. it is an even better resource for those content areas. Best.4meter4 (talk) 12:08, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]