Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buddies in Big Places

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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 of the debate was delete. -R. fiend 18:18, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Buddies in Big Places

WWW Webcomics notability and inclusion proposed guidelines WWW

The following ideas have been proposed by three people as possible guidelines for whether a webcomic is encyclopedic.

  • Proposal A:
  • Proposal B:
  1. A webcomic must be on the web and actively producing strips for a minimum of 33 weeks before being considered for Wikipedia.
  2. A webcomic must have at least 100 strips in its archive before being considered for Wikipedia.
  3. Someone other than the webcartoonist needs to actually write and develop the article in question.
  • Proposal C:
    • 500 comics or 3 years running.


A webcomic, found here. Webcomics use the internet as their only means of distribution, so if they are popular, they should have a reasonable alexa rank. This one, has none. A google search shows up about 90 links, none of which show this webcomic to be any more notable than a run of the mill website. Just because the comic has lasted a few years and has compiled many strips, does not mean it is notable, no matter what WP:COMIC might say. - Hahnchen 22:43, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Comment - This is a relisting. The afd got deformed when the listing got blanked, probably due to ignorance of an edit conflict. I've only noticed now, so here it is again. - Hahnchen 18:54, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Transwiki to the Comixpedia Webcomic Wiki and delete. --Carnildo 21:56, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Disagree with Hanchen's assessment of WP:COMIC. It meets Proposal B, therefore IMHO sufficient for inclusion. Alexa is definitely not a persuasive argument for deletion. -Abe Dashiell 18:52, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Proposal B. Alexa is frankly too narrowly focused to be relevant. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 01:01, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. I've seen this linked to from several other comics over the years, so it can't be that non-notable, as I don't read too many comics... Bushytails 06:39, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. To re-use CyberSkull's wording, proposal B is frankly too lenient to be relevant. Alexa is certainly too narrow too, so I'll be happy to change my vote if I see some other assertion of notability. -- SCZenz 19:23, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Does not meet any reasonable notability guidelines. -Sean Curtin 19:45, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Simple extended existance does not make a website notable. --Aquillion 22:29, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Until such time as WikiProject Webcomics decides to develop guidelines that include independent verification of a webcomics importance pages like this should be treated as just another website. --Allen3 talk 00:08, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
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