Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Albedo Anthropomorphics

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 keep. DS 14:46, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Albedo Anthropomorphics

Around 80 unique Googles, of which none seem to be reliable sources. Claims to have been nomimated for an award, but not avery big one and it didn't win. Almost every site that Google links for this is a catalogue listing or some other trivial directory-style mention. Article is uncited. The subsidiary article on the main character is even more invisible. Also rolling in the creator, known "mainly" (for values of mainly which appear in this case to be only) for this. We appear to have a walled garden here, I wonder how many others there are? Guy 00:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete All articles fail simple notability assertions and little sources to boot. scope_creep 01:15, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep extremely notable comic from a notable publisher (several of them, actually) and a 20+ year publishing history, which is an eternity by the standards of non-superhero comics. Albedo is also where Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo got started. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep this comic and its creator, were largely responsible for starting a new subgenre of comics, the furry comic, which took the ostensibily children's and light entertainment form of the funny animal and turned it into something that could tell stories with an adult's sophistication. That in turn helped create furry fandom. Case in point, the major newsgroup alt.fan.furry was originally alt.fan.albedo. That alone should be enough to justify this series.--kchishol1970 03:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, though I'm sure they could be improved. I bought the first issues of Albedo at Anthrocon purely on its notability as a significant comic in the history of the furry fandom. The only other one I bought on that basis was Omaha the Cat Dancer. It is regarded as a significant comic for the reasons mentioned above. Also noted several times in the YARF! Chronology (penned by Fred Pattern (info), the compiler of Best in Show, and a leading authority on the fandom). GreenReaper 04:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Note The name of the comic is very frequently shortened to "Albedo", which is likely to be why you're not finding much in google. Here are some more details - I'm not sure they'd count as reliable sources, but they give an idea of the scope of the comic and RPG: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] GreenReaper 04:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep Absolutely no discussion of removing these. Nomination entirely without merit. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 06:31, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy keep is not a valid !vote when delete !votes have been registered. Guy 09:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• I stand corrected. Didn't notice Scope creeps vote up there. Thought that was the nominators vote continued, and scope creep some policy or guideline reference. So a simple but strong keep then. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 11:13, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Relatively famous comic book series that has spawned a licensed role-playing game. When doing searches be aware that it's rarely called Albedo Anthropomorphics, but usually just referred to as Albedo. Ben W Bell talk 08:12, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• Albedo has other meanings too :-) Guy 09:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• Indeed. Try +Albedo +comic. Ben W Bell talk 19:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Keep per all above. Shimeru 08:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep - Albedo was one of the first anthropomorphic comics to get a lot of play, through established publishers like Antarctic Press, and were (still are) key to the fandom. Tony Fox (arf!) 20:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Albedo and its creator did a lot to establish seriously-themed furry comics in the eighties.--BlueSquadronRaven 23:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
• Very Strong Keep extremely notable comic from a notable publisher. Nileena joseph ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 19:11, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• Major significant absolute keep! I see no reason for this particular article to be marked for deletion. Albedo is listed here as a “Furry comic book.” However, it is also a science fiction comic. There are many entries in Wikipedia for similar titles in these categories, Albedo is a significant work in the area of Comics – it was groundbreaking in opening the door to a whole new subgenre. Before Albedo was published, “Furry comic books” were only of funny animal variety. I see no one putting Superman, Akira (manga), Critters, Bucky O'Hare, The DNAgents, and the like up for deletion. There are often many times a search on the internet can come up with little or even no hits – that is no reason for an article to be dropped from this site. There are many articles here that cover minor or even insignificant items of note – but the articles are still valid and legitimate. -- Jason Palpatine 14:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep per Starblind. - Lex 05:22, 14 November 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.