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As Deborah Frances-White and I directed an Oxford University based improvisation company between 1998 and 2000, I'm fairly sure the Oxford Imps, founded 2003, were not the first. ;-)Cheers. Tomsalinsky 23:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TV Appearance Misleading

The section on the oxford imps appearance on the TV show 'Eggheads' is misleading. It imply's that they were broadcast as the Oxford Imps, where as in fact the troupe entered the show as themselves, members of the general public, and called their team 'The Oxford Imps' due to the fact they were all members of the same university society. This is therefore not an notable achievement. I propose that this section be deleted. Theotheothelonious 20 August 2012

I disagree that the Oxford Imps appearance is misleading. The Eggheads page even lists them as a team and gives no hint that they entered as members of the general public. There is no proof of that but the Eggheads page does properly list the group as having appeared on their show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggheads_(TV_series)#Teams_who_have_defeated_the_Eggheads --Mtstaffa (talk) 13:23, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for responding, i will assume other editors share your opinion and leave it as it is for now. There are other cases though which i think are more clear cut, cases for which i did not open discussion on because i thought an edit summary would suffice, edits which you have since undone without explination. The main line is question is this:

"They were reviewed as "the best improvised comedy show I have ever had the pleasure to witness" by Edinburgh Fringe festival magazine ThreeWeeks in 2007.[citation needed]"

The use of a single, highly positive quote in the first few lines of the article is not encyclopedic. This is probably the best review the troupe have ever gotten, and is the one they use on their promotional material. Reviews are a matter of opinion, and unless you are attempting to give a clear and balanced overview of critical reception to a show this sort of information on wikipedia. Wikipedia articles should not read like promotional material. Theotheothelonious 17 October 2012

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 The section on the oxford imps appearance on the TV show 'Eggheads' is misleading. It imply's that they were broadcast as the Oxford Imps, where as in fact the troupe entered the show as themselves, members of the general public, and called their team 'The Oxford Imps' due to the fact they were all members of the same university society. This is therefore not an notable achievement. I propose that this section be deleted. [[User:Theotheothelonious|Theotheothelonious]] 20 August 2012
 :: I disagree that the Oxford Imps appearance is misleading.  The Eggheads page even lists them as a team and gives no hint that they entered as members of the general public.  There is no proof of that but the Eggheads page does properly list the group as having appeared on their show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggheads_(TV_series)#Teams_who_have_defeated_the_Eggheads --[[User:Mtstaffa|Mtstaffa]] ([[User talk:Mtstaffa|talk]]) 13:23, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
+:::Thank you for responding, i will assume other editors share your opinion and leave it as it is for now. There are other cases though which i think are more clear cut, cases for which i did not open discussion on because i thought an edit summary would suffice, edits which you have since undone without explination. The main line is question is this:
+"They were reviewed as "the best improvised comedy show I have ever had the pleasure to witness" by Edinburgh Fringe festival magazine ThreeWeeks in 2007.[citation needed]"
+The use of a single, highly positive quote in the first few lines of the article is not encyclopedic. This is probably the best review the troupe have ever gotten, and is the one they use on their promotional material. Reviews are a matter of opinion, and unless you are attempting to give a clear and balanced overview of critical reception to a show this sort of information on wikipedia. Wikipedia articles should not read like promotional material.
+[[User:Theotheothelonious|Theotheothelonious]] 17 October 2012