Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Finger Award

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The result was no consensus to delete, default to keep. Sandstein 10:18, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Finger Award

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It fails to establish its notability, no reliable sources, no verifiability, etc. Ayatollah's hashish 13:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep and add sources. Important new awards program in a major field of popular culture. Newyorkbrad 17:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
  • The problem is that there are no reliable sources. It was not mentioned in any newspaper or anything, just in a few blogs. bogdan 17:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I don't want to be accused of "canvassing," bit I'm sure if this were mentioned at Project Comics they'd come up with something. Newyorkbrad 19:51, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment -- I've posted about this debate at the Comics Wikiproject noticeboard. Mangojuice^talk 15:28, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment -- Is this award part of the Eisner Awards? The Comic-Con coverage is a little vauge in this regard. ~CS 18:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Unless a reliable source can be found before the close of this AfD. It's difficult to have an article without a source. How would we know that anything stated in the article was correct? EdJohnston 18:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

(EC) Well, is the question notability or verifiability? The award exists. It's presented at the San Diago Comics Convention -- the largest industry convention in the country -- and is presented "along side" the Eisner Awards -- the most prestigious awards for the medium. The Beat carried the press release when this award was founded, (note that comicon.com is not associated with comic-con.org), has press coverage at The Beat and the official Comic-Con website has pages on the winners [1] [2]. My only question is if this is a special prize at the Eisners, and perhaps belongs on the Eisner Awards page. The recipients of the Finger Award are included on the Eisner Award winners list for that year. ~CS 18:36, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• I've now updated the article, added the 2006 winners and a reference to the official press release. I'm sure the release has been picked up somewhere, and perhaps someone can come up with a copy of the convention program where it's presented. It's an important award, it's presented to important people in comic history, it's verified and notable and noteworthy. Strong keep. Newyorkbrad 18:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Your improvements are good, but if an award is notable, it is surely covered somewhere in the press. (It's an award, after all, it's supposed to be famous). I'll change my vote to Keep if regular press mentions are found. EdJohnston 19:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep or Merge into an appropriate Eisner Award or Comic-Con International article. Enough waffling from me. High-profile presentation at a major awards ceremony, coverage by the Comics press, and every name involved in giving the awards being noteworthy justifies inclusion somewhere on Wikipedia. ~CS 20:43, 16 February 2007 (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.