Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alternate Universes in Archie Comics

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The result of the debate was KEEP following rewrite. Thryduulf 12:54, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alternate Universes in Archie Comics

This is essentially an interpretation, neither factual nor verifiable. Chick Bowen 04:23, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete essay. Wile E. Heresiarch 04:51, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom Dlyons493 05:50, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
• 'Delete. 'An article explaining why Archie Comics don't have strict continuity. Ummmm.... no. DS 14:10, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Essay, [yawn].Voice of All (talk) 14:13, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as it's POV. And nonsense.Vizjim 14:31, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOR, article lacks citations and lacks sense, not encyclopedic. Barno 17:44, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
• I fixed it up to how I wanted it to look in the first place. I hope this changes some minds, but if the decision's already been made to axe it, sorry for wasting your time. (I'm not a sock-puppet, I swear.) 142.161.198.134 02:54, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, you went to a lot of trouble, and it's very thorough, but I'm afraid the original objection still stands: it's original research. That is, it's a perfectly good idea, but it's your idea, not an established fact such as you'd find in an encylopedia.Chick Bowen 03:38, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

• I certainly would have voted Delete pre-rewrite, but now I'm surprising myself by voting to keep. Although a rename to "Non-canonical Archie Storylines" or something similar might be good; that way there's no appearance of an "alternate universe" theory being proposed. To point to the Archie comics as a source and make the obvious observation that some storylines fall outside the main continuity does not strike me as Original Research, as long as you don't theorize on the hows and whys of that being the case. Which only leaves me wondering if the topic is notable or encyclopedic. But with hundreds of Star Wars pages out there, I think there's plenty of room for some well-organized Archie information like this. Bunchofgrapes 03:56, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• I fail to see how plot summaries fall short of factual. it is easily verifiable to anyone with familiarity of these comics. I say "keep"! (Unsigned comment by 216.80.110.89 at 20:15, 14 September 2005. IP's first Wikipedia edit.)
• Keep; too long to merge into the main Archie article, and as it stands now, not original research. -Sean Curtin 21:15, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. After rewrite it now seems ok to me. Could possibly stand to be renamed per Bunchofgrapes. Paul August ☎ 19:51, 23 September 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.