Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brunswick cartoon

Non-notable comic strip. The only Google hit is to the site linked in the article. DCEdwards1966 07:45, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

Keep - notable cartoon in NZ context - was long-running at all the country's universities. northislander 10:34, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Googling 'brunswick buist' gets three references to relevant sites (besides various facets of the site linked in the article) in the first two pages of results. northislander 12:02, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Keep it - There is an enormous Brunswick banner painted above the entrance of the library of Victoria University of Wellington. Anyone who travels in the main lift of this library has time to study the Brunswick collage that takes up one of the walls of the lift. I'm not sure how many university libraries in the world have a Garfield or Doonesbury motif. David Thomsen The thirteenth of January, year 2005.

I argue against myself in the cause of justice. David Thomsen (half an hour later}

Keep it - it is a cult icon of VUW. The reason Googling it comes up with little references is because it is refered to simply as 'Brunswick' not as 'Brunswick cartoon'. The only problem is that there are many other 'Brunswicks' on Wikipedia and thus it cannot use the title 'Brunswick'.

Anon votes are not counted. Rick K 23:50, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
This is why we have disambiguation. And from the Google results that I see "Brunswick" appears to be a Warner Brothers trademark of some sort (although that might be search engine manipulation on the parts of the retailers). Uncle G 18:20, 2005 Jan 12 (UTC)
This may have something to do with Warner Bros. licensing the 'Looney Tunes' characters for a range of bowling gear. Mr Chinnery 11:36, Jan 14, 2005 (GMT+12)

Keep it -It's been running for 12 years at 8 universities with a weekly readership of 100,000, 2nd longest strip cartoon in New Zealand history, has not established large web presence yet, but only been online for a year. Most people read the print version. Mr Chinnery 11:24, Jan 11, 2005 (GMT+12)

User's only edit. Rick K 23:50, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)
Which 8 universities? If this is true, name them in the article. As it stands, we only have the assertion that it runs at one university. Uncle G 18:20, 2005 Jan 12 (UTC)

Surely you're seeking to avoid article bloat? The universities are Victoria University (Wellington), Auckland University (Auckland AND Albany campus), Massey University (Palmerston North AND Wellington), Canterbury University (Christchurch), Waikato University (Hamilton), and Lincoln University (Canterbury). You only have the assertion that "New Zealand" even exists, you know :) If you'd like someone to rewrite the article, you only have to ask. Mr Chinnery 16:53, Jan 13, 2005 (GMT+12)

The universities are — Read both what I wrote above and the {{vfd}} notice on the article. Uncle G 19:28, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)
You only have the assertion that "New Zealand" even exists — False. That notwithstanding, we have more evidence presented for its existence than we have presented here for the notability of this cartoon strip. Uncle G 19:28, 2005 Jan 13 (UTC)
Article rewritten to more closely match Wikipedia guidelines. Mr Chinnery 11:37, Jan 14, 2005 (GMT+12)

Keep it, I don't know if the Wikipedia is region specific, but Brundswick is certainly a New Zealand Student Icon, with Grant Buist a dedicated staple at comic conventions around the country. Cheers, Grant Robinson 11:24am, Jan 11, 2005 (GMT +12)

Actually, according to deletion policy, a correct statement is "Votes by anonymous users won't count if the administrator decides to take the anonymity as evidence of bad faith.". Is signing onesself "Grant Robinson" directly bad faith, or just a novice mistake from someone who has followed the Wikipedia publicity on the strip's web site to here and decided to weigh in on the discussion? Uncle G 18:20, 2005 Jan 12 (UTC)

Delete. Some cult cartoon at one university is not encyclopedia-notable. Rick K 00:52, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

I'm sure the comic is funny though. Delete. hfool/Roast me 03:27, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I fail to comprehend how this is an appropriate reason for deletion. David Thomsen 13th Jan 2005

Delete, insufficent evidence of wide readership or notability. Wyss 01:41, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I question how hard this person looked to find sufficient evidence. David Thomsen Jan 13 05

Delete. Does not appear to be notable. Indrian 07:26, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
Neutral, but would suggest that those who wish to keep would do better to improve the article to demonstrate notablility than to just come here and say "no, no, it really is important". -- Jmabel | Talk 18:38, Jan 13, 2005 (UTC)
Weak keep Don't know what the policy on comics is, but this is probably the most notable in NZ (I remember it from *my* student days at Massey Uni). Whether that makes it notable enough for Wikipedia is another question, but I'd judge it a weak keep. Ziggurat 14:08, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC)