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Times Square Theater has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

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Date	Process	Result
May 28, 2022	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 21, 2022.

The text of the entry was: Did you know
... that the Times Square Theater (pictured), proposed for redevelopment since 1990, remained empty three decades later?

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 30, 2023, and September 30, 2024.

Spelling of name

Hi. I've been looking for definitive information as to how this theater spells its name. IBDB is notoriously bad in this regard from what I've seen. They mis-spell, for example, New Victory Theater and Vivian Beaumont Theater. Playbill lists it as Times Square Theater, although whoever used the Playbill cite mis-spelled what Playbill wrote when reflecting the title of the Playbill article. As does Interview with New 42nd Street president ny.theatre and the NY Post and Broadway World and The New York Times and the NY Daily News and Broadway: Its History, People, and Places: An Encyclopedia and AIA Guide to New York City and The encyclopedia of the musical theatre and Encyclopedia of early television crime fighters, and The encyclopedia of popular music for starters. Might anyone else be interested in looking for the sources? Thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 07:20, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The only source that really matters is the theater's owners, as it's their property to name. As such, the -er spelling is used at the New 42nd Street organization's site, so it should be used throughout. oknazevad (talk) 01:45, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I agree with the result, but as to how to get there see wp:commonname. Specifically: "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it prefers to use the name that is most frequently used to refer to the subject in English-language reliable sources." Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 04:01, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:12, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Times Square Theater

... that since the 1990s, the Times Square Theater has been hard to lease because it was not viable as a theater? Source: Pogrebin, Robin (December 11, 2000). "From Naughty and Bawdy to Stars Reborn; Once Seedy Theaters, Now Restored, Lead the Development of 42nd Street". The New York Times.
- ALT1: ... that the Times Square Theater, proposed for redevelopment since 1990, remained empty after all the adjacent theaters were leased? Source: Pogrebin, Robin (December 11, 2000). "From Naughty and Bawdy to Stars Reborn; Once Seedy Theaters, Now Restored, Lead the Development of 42nd Street". The New York Times. For the fact that it is still closed, see "Times Square Theater's Retail Conversion and Expansion Progresses at 215 West 42nd Street in Times Square, Manhattan". New York YIMBY.
- ALT2: ... that the Times Square Theater, proposed for redevelopment since 1990, remained empty three decades later? Source: "Times Square Theater's Retail Conversion and Expansion Progresses at 215 West 42nd Street in Times Square, Manhattan". New York YIMBY. Unfortunately, there is no newer source from the past year.
- ALT3: ... that in the 1990s, a plan to reopen the Times Square Theater as a theater was rejected? Source: McBride, Murdoch (January 21, 1999). "New 42nd nixes theatre rehab". Back Stage. Vol. 40, no. 3. p. 1.
- ALT4: ... that the Times Square Theater was only used as a Broadway theater for 13 years before being converted to a movie theater? Source: Bloom, Ken (2007). The Routledge Guide to Broadway (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 257-258. It opened in November 1920 and began showing movies in April 1934. See "Times Square: News From the Dailies - East". Variety. Vol. 114, no. 5. April 17, 1934. p. 60.
- Reviewed: Chinese Fables and Folk Stories

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 13:21, 18 April 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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Cited: Interesting:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: I prefer the first hook. All ALTs are fine too, but my least favourite is ALT3. Looks good to go to me. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 20:17, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]