Talk:Playbill

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Playbill article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Playbill Vault was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 21 December 2011 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Playbill. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

New York City Mid‑importance

	New York City portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New York City, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New York City-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New York CityWikipedia:WikiProject New York CityTemplate:WikiProject New York CityNew York City articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Magazines Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Magazines, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of magazines on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MagazinesWikipedia:WikiProject MagazinesTemplate:WikiProject Magazinesmagazine articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
See WikiProject Magazines' writing guide for tips on how to improve this article.

Theatre Mid‑importance

	Theatre portal This article is part of WikiProject Theatre, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of theatre on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.TheatreWikipedia:WikiProject TheatreTemplate:WikiProject TheatreTheatre articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Untitled[edit]

This article should be called "Playbill (magazine)". It doesn't explain what "a playbill" actually is, but it should (see de:Theaterzettel). --AndreasPraefcke (talk) 21:29, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, i don't think so in my opinion because there is no other thing called playbill and it is a famous magazine, but that's just my opinion.--BAITT (talk) 01:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a disambiguating hatnote, but I agree with AndreasPraefcke. The basic definition of playbill in the English language is an advertisement or program for a play. That should be Wikipedia's default definition, as the magazine is clearly named for this usage. — Dulcem (talk) 00:41, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The thing is, when Wiki editors wikilink the word "playbill" in an article, it's almost always referring to this magazine (because they are usually citing something from the publication or its website). Softlavender (talk) 05:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Circulation comprable to time?[edit]

Am i the onlt one who finds this ridiculously hard to believe? Furtermore it says their circulation is 2.6 million, and in another place 4 million. 33% is a significant portion to be off. --Tacit tatum (talk) 02:25, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

eytmology[edit]

what is the etymology? if its the stagebill etymology isnt included in that article, it needs to be.174.3.125.23 (talk) 23:59, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Founding[edit]

I don't know how to edit wikipedia, but the history of the founding as currently described in the article is either false or at least disputed. See https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/39228/19/Hoskins%20Final%20ETD.pdf 75.46.152.229 (talk) 14:29, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]