Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Webcomic List

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 06:48, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Webcomic List

A website that lists webcomics. ~113,000 Alexa ranking, no claims of notability, and otherwise not meeting WP:WEB. Delete as a nn website. Wickethewok 20:00, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - I've since added more details about the notability of the sight. Also it is notable. If you enter "Webcomic" into Google it is the first entry. ISD 21:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment It is important to note that the top google hit for any search is usually the one with the most relevant domain name, and doesn't actually signify importance or traffic ranks. Ardent^†_∈ 22:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, unless someone adds some good source citations to reliable sources that testify to the importance of this site. (Presently, the only sources cited are the site itself!). Who, exactly, says that this site is important? Dpbsmith (talk) 20:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. StarryEyes 20:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete the article cites zero reliable sources, and "Top google hit for X" isn't a good point on notability. WilyD 20:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. wikipediatrix 21:59, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Also, only has 4 distinct google hits, 2 of which belong to the website itself, one seems unrelated to the topic, and the other is a dead link. Seems like a fairly new site. Once it has gained notability a good article could probably develop, but as for now it is non-notable. Ardent^†_∈ 22:12, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Interestingly, there are more sites linking to it than there are mentioning it by name - probably down to webcomics using graphical links to it which display that comic's ranking (e.g. this comic). It's quite common for webcomics to link to rankings/listing sites in this way. - makomk 21:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
    • If it's really important, it should be possible to find a published comment in a reliable that describes it as "important." That's would be a lot more convincing to me than Google hit counts, which are subject to search engine optimization and so forth. Websites like to do link exchange for mutual self-promotion, inflating the apparent importance of both. Does anybody say anything about it in Wired? Slate? Dpbsmith (talk) 22:41, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete webcomic cruft that is unverifiable through reliabel sources. WP:NOT an internet guide. -- Dragonfiend 03:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• This has been listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics/Deletion. Dragonfiend 03:44, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.