Talk:Applause (musical)

Synopsis Copy Vio

The synopsis added on April 17, 2010 (22:51) is a copy cut-and-paste from the synopsis at Tams-Witmark (http://www.tams-witmark.com/musicals/applause.html#synopsis). That is a copy violation as there is no permission to use this material (see the Tams-Wimark Terms of Condition at [[1]]) and I am therefore deleting the synopsis. (The copy violation guidelines, in brief, state "Please do not copy and paste from copyrighted websites – only public domain resources can be copied without permission.").JeanColumbia (talk) 08:36, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Closing Date Contested

"--- no, it closed May 27, 1972, which can be verified by the New York Times and Variety -- besides, shows closed on Saturdays (or Sundays, if they played Sunday matinees), and July 27 in 1972 was a Thursday, and May 27 was a Saturday --- now be sure to remove this, because it's correct --- leave the wrong info up there --- stay Wikipedia! --- why not? the IBDB has the wrong date, too -----" I have moved this text from the main article by unregistered user 24.107.22.168 (talk · contribs) as I try to locate these sources. If you added this text, thank you for trying to help improve this article's accuracy, though such comments should usually be added to talk pages. Thank you! Also, if you have links to these NYT and Variety articles or scans of them, that would help me in updating the page! (or you could add them yourself, of course, see WP:Citing sources). ElfLady64 (talk) 17:07, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the date to May 27, 1972 after finding the NYT announcement "'Applause' Closes Saturday" (New York edition: 24 May 1972. p. 53.). However, I've also added text explaining that the closing date has also been reported as July 27, since so many reliable sources state this, and I'm not sure why this discrepancy exists. See the article for book/online/magazine sources I found giving this date. Variety does not have free to access archives going back that far, though. I will leave the dubious tag up for a while in case others wish to discuss/dispute this change.

If you have more corrections of the information, or more sources which might be useful, please feel free to discuss them on this talk page! The article itself, though, should stay encyclopedic, so please only make finished edits, and then explain your changes or disagreements with the text in the edit summary or the talk page. Thank you for your interest in improving Wikipedia! The page WP:Contributing to Wikipedia may be helpful, and if you have anything you'd like to ask or discuss, please feel free to contact me here. ElfLady64 (talk) 18:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"For heavens sake, there's nothing "dubious" about this! I have access to Variety, and it closed May 27, period! Check the New York Times Theater Directory after that date and see if "Applause" is listed -- it won't be! The books and website given as sources for the July 27 closing date are notoriously inaccurate. Besides, as I pointed out before, why would it close on a Thursday, in the middle of a week?! Come on. ...." - 24.107.22.168 (talk · contribs)

I have moved these comments from the main article, please leave comments such as these on the talk page, or make the changes you're requesting yourself, but try to keep the actual article encyclopedic. To clarify, the dubious tag was placed there to indicate that you had called the July 27, 1972 date into question, and was left there temporarily after I changed the date to May 27th. I was not passing a judgement upon the info, simply trying to help facilitate discussion. Additionally, anyone is free to remove the dubious tag if they feel the issue has been addressed. ElfLady64 (talk) 04:14, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]