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Contents 1 Possible out-sourcing 2 Why isn't this in Category: American Comics? 3 Susie Derkins & surnames 4 "Alternate" strip 5 External Links

[edit] Possible out-sourcing

This article is way over the Wikipedia:Article size guidelines..currently at 74k. However, I'm at a total loss of what types of sub-articles can be made to make this make more managable. Any ideas? - Mike | Trick or Treat 01:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

While I'm not one to be slavish to the size guidelines when the length is justified and I happen to think the article is pretty good as is, the obvious target is the Recurring subject matter section. Migrate the section to Recurring themes in Calvin and Hobbes and leave an overview that highlights the most important themes and/or groups them into categories somehow for a more generalized discussion. Additionally, though it won't buy you much from the size point of view, the individual sub-sections of the Supporting characters section seem a bit longish considering the section already has a separate article, Secondary characters in Calvin and Hobbes. AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work 05:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Autiger brings up the point that the "summaries" of the matter with their own articles are much too long. The Calvin section of the Article could be as simple as:

"Calvin is the six-year old main character of Calvin and Hobbes. More on Calvin."

Likewise with recurring themes. adamfc 19:21, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Ummm.. for the core character, I don't think that would be appropriate. I commented on Supporting characters and recurring themes. AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work 20:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm just using Calvin as an example. It could be longer than that, but it is unnecessary to have the paragraph or two we already have if he has his own article. adamfc 18:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Looks to me it would be best to leave the article as it is for now. We've already done a lot of character outsourcing, and I do not think outsourcing the recurring themes is a good idea, as many of them are essential to a reader's understanding of Calvin and Hobbes and for this reason should be left in the main article. However, some of the less important themes such as comic books and learning to ride a bike might be moved to a sub-article, possibly Minor recurring themes in Calvin and Hobbes? - Mike | Talk 01:23, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Reducing the size : much as I like Calvin & Hobbes, I can't see why 5k of content just on Mealtimes is needed. Further, the characters ought to have a single sentence on each character, rather than a paragraph (leave the full details to go in the characters article itself). --Oscarthecat 20:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, I suppose that the recurring themes need to be outsourced, leaving some brief info on the most important ones (carboard boxes, gross, etc.). Not sure that Calvin and Hobbes should have their info reduced though, as AUtiger says above. - Mike | Talk 03:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and created the new recurring themes article and trimmed down the section in the article, leaving only the most important recurring themes with less detail. The article is down to 54k now. - Mike | Talk 00:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why isn't this in Category: American Comics?

Can someone move it? I don't know how. 69.61.237.137 14:57, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to add the category to the bottom of the page. To do this, insert [[Category:American Comics|Calvin and Hobbes]] below the external links. Hope this helps. - Mike | Trick or Treat 15:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Susie Derkins & surnames

If Susie Derkins is the "only character with first and last names", how come Mrs. Wormwood and Rosalyn both have them below that? I don't ever recall seeing Mrs. Wormwood being referred to as "Mary", but I do have some recollection somewhere of Rosalyn's last name being "Weeks". What do you guys think? I'd change it, but I don't know what the right answer is... Banpei 01:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

That's all untrue information that an anon IP keeps adding. I've reverted it back. - Mike | Trick or Treat 02:23, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Alternate" strip

I removed the image of the never-printed strip, as it violates the stsement on Universal Press Syndicate's site saying that no C&H strip may be reproduced on any internet or intranet site. adamfc 18:13, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Adam. I have re-uploaded the file as only 2 panels, so I have now added it back. - Mike | Talk 03:22, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

It looked rather out of place in the article, so I have simply linked to the image page in the section. - Mike | Talk 03:31, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Under recurring themes, how about a section on Calvin's alter-egos? Spaceman Spiff, the superhero (whose name is escaping me) and there may be more I'm forgetting.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.197.169.243 (talk • contribs).

Please see Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes). There's a lot of info there. - Mike | Talk 00:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

For the next time that a war starts over whether a website should be included, I suggest a EL code for Calvin and Hobbes. Something along the lines of "The site must provide info not able to be put in this article. The information must have some bearing (i.e. not 'Bill Watterson likes cats.') Also, the site must have other informative areas and information that cannot be found in the same detail level elsewhere." I realize that in saying this, I may spark another war, but I think this may be a good idea if given more specificity. --Adam Fisher-Cox (criticize or compliment) 03:23, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

At the end of the second paragraph, it says "then they went to telituby land to find the magical rabbit and save it from the ugly googal" Is this in need of grammatical correction, or is it vandalism?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.60.68.254 (talk • contribs).

Please sign your name to any message. This is most definetely vandalism and I have deleted it. --Adam Fisher-Cox (criticize or compliment) 00:15, 9 December 2006 (UTC)