Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boston and Shaun

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 - Liberatore(T) 18:59, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boston and Shaun

Contested prod. Boston and Shaun is a webcomic whose only real claim to fame is being reviewed on Something Awful[1]. For a webcomic, that's kinda like receiving a booby prize and indeed if you try to access Boston and Shaun from Something Awful directly, you'll just get a banned referrer message. It is certainly not an indicator of notability. The article itself has POV problems, mainly because its creator insists on turning it into a summary of the Something Awful review. –Abe Dashiell ^(t/c) 03:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I have removed material from the article which amounted to unsourced criticism of the author itself, violating WP:LIVING. To prevent it from being re-introduced, I have also protected the article. –Abe Dashiell ^(t/c) 12:13, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• This has been listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics/Deletion. –Abe Dashiell ^(t/c) 03:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The article doesn't assert any notability (unless you count the SA review as notable... which I don't). Aside: Why does every webcomic creator have to name one of the main characters after himself? -- Kicking222 03:18, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete Seems to attract a fair amount of attention on forums and such as an example of a bad/nonsensical webcomic. However, the Alexa rank of 570,091 suggests that it has few actual readers. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 03:40, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable. Paddles 04:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete- Why why WHY does every aspiring web-comic artist feel the need to spam Wikipedia? Reyk _YO! 05:54, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment For the record, there's no evidence of vanity here. It's more likely by a fan of Something Awful. There does seem to be some effort to turn it into a meme, but it comes no closer to meeting WP:MEME than it does WP:WEB. –Abe Dashiell ^(t/c) 11:52, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Scranchuse 13:22, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Only reason I've heard of this is because of the ALOD. Which incidentally, is a lot stronger claim to notability than many other webcomics which exist on WP. - Hahnchen 13:33, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as initial "prodder". I have seen nothing that suggests notability to me, but I decided to avoid a speedy since the article does assert some form of notability. —Cuiviénen^T|C, Sunday, 21 May 2006 @ 14:33 UTC
• Delete and I created this article. I should have looked over the criteria for notability for webcomics first. Pugs Malone 14:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
  • In that case this probably qualifies for a G7 speedy deletion. –Abe Dashiell ^(t/c) 17:12, 21 May 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.