Talk:May Ball in Cambridge

message: A "May ball" is an end of term event at nearly every educational institute across the UK, if not globally.  Nearly every university, sixth form college and, increasingly, high schools.  There seems to be no reason why the term "may ball" should be synonymous with Cambridge.  Unless someone can give a reason for this, I suggest that this article be made generic for the purpose.
- Yes; most Oxford balls are described as a "May Ball" (e.g. there are three on the 9th May this year - I think Brasenose, Keble and St. Hilda's). Only a few happen in 9th week, and only some of those count as Commemoration Balls. The page should at least be expanded to include Oxford, since most of the statements on the page are equally applicable. 86.172.249.180 (talk) 13:22, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed. Thanks for your little ad, David. — Richie 00:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Do you have any sources for the 'reputation' of Robinson's Ball? If not, I think that sentence ought to be removed, as it is clear promotion for that Ball. Also, if there is a statement about the cheapest May Ball, should there not also be one about the most expensive Ball? Churchillarian 12:25, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Ah, but, St John's must employ police because of the *size* of the event - it's a legal requirement. MikeMorley 08:17, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Old discussions

message: Can anyone find verifiable, non-primary sources for anything in this section? If not, it will have to go. - Pointillist (talk) 22:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There are no non-primary sources. The webmasters have been adding the information themselves I think. I am pretty confident that the figures there are right currently, but the section ought to go I suppose. It is not even very interesting. Fi1Kaiv8 (talk) 00:22, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I suspected. There might be something interesting to say about the rate of ticket sales, but there's not enough context and anyway it would have to be verifiable. This is a long shot, but as this is about Internet response rates bear in mind that Ashley Friedlein (CEO of e-consultancy.com) was at Pembroke (1991-95) and might be able to advise, if any of the webmasters could attract his interest.... - Pointillist (talk) 11:30, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: [[May Ball#Ticket Demand|Ticket Demand]]

message: Though, especially in the runup to mayweek 2010 there may be considerable internal interest in this, wikipedia is not a news blog or a crystal ball. I very much doubt that the inclusion of the long list of "prior performances" can be justified, but i am willing to leave it up for a few days and see if reliable sources indicating notability and verifiability are found. If they are not, then I will remove the full section again.Ajbpearce (talk) 22:23, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Tab has an article listing some of the confirmed acts for 2010, but they probably won't cover every college. The MyPidge page in the external links sources the acts for 2009, and this Varsity article discusses some of the 2007 acts. As a side note, can anyone find a better source for Time magazine calling St John's May Ball the "seventh best party in the world"? I've heard it by word of mouth several times, yet I can't find any related lists in the Time archives. Every article simply quotes it as assumed fact, including the referenced Varsity article. --Blaah Blaah (talk) 23:53, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

text: The 'seventh best party in the world' reference in Varsity took this article as its source, and Time magazine have confirmed that they have never made such a claim - Time Magazine Search for "May Ball". 131.111.128.232 (talk) 20:55, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Performances list 

message: Although the reference for the Stranglers at King's comes from the college itself, it actually happened in the early 1980s rather than the 1970s. --Rumping (talk) 09:03, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  King's - Stranglers 

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message: I have removed the ludicrously long list of performances from the article. It adds little if anything of value, is potentially enormously long - do we list every performer at every May Ball? If not how do we choose? DuncanHill (talk) 02:37, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of performances