Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gilman vs. The Rominator

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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. -- Drini 04:39, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gilman vs. The Rominator

Delete: Completely non notable short-lived comic strip. Unverifiable notability with extremely small publication area. Strothra 00:32, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete. Zero G-hits. This is probably a hoax. Aplomado talk 01:01, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete zero Ghits for the strip or the creator. I find the comment about eBay listings to be dubious at best. IrishGuy 01:03, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete nothing verified, and a search of eBay revealed nothing. Kevin 01:12, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete hoax-ish comic strip with dubious background. M1ss1ontomars2k4 | T | C | @ 02:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete: per all. :) Dlohcierekim 02:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Total Google hits come up as dry as a desert each time I look this up. Delete as a bogus hoax. Funnybunny (talk/QRVS) 04:23, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete: Original copies occasionally appear for sale on eBay and can fetch a hefty sum from collectors., and searching eBay via both their search function and google provides absolutely nothing. For that matter, a google search for 'Gilman vs. The Rominator' results in absolutely nothing relevant (aside from a suggeted spelling, which doesn't have anything relevant, either). Jude (talk,contribs,email) 08:29, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, seems unverifiable. PJM 11:25, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep I started this article a few days ago. It definitely fulfills the "notable" requirement because of its large regional cult following and its potential as an influence on current cartoons like South Park, etc. It is definitely not a hoax, I used to collect this comic years ago. I have watched several auctions on ebay regarding this comic over the years. They do not come up very often, though, so it's not surprising that your search of ebay today did not find anything. It also is not surprising that your Google search yielded few results - it hasn't been published in 15 years so obviously it is not going to have an active homepage. This is certainly not a reason to ignore its contribution to underground comic history. Another point - shortly after I made this article, it was edited by another anonymous user and more detail was added. I checked the IP address of this user and it is maps to Milwaukee, the region where this comic was popular. The fact that someone from this area found the page and edited within days of the article's creation clearly indicates interest in the topic. Amazinglarry 14:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
comment If there was any chance at all that this comic was a potential influence on current cartoons like South Park then it would be verifiable. As it stands, there is no evidence at all that this thing ever existed. IrishGuy 19:33, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Update: I added a clarification regarding the distribution of the comic to the article (it was available around the midwest, not just Wisconsin), maybe this will address some of your concerns. If anyone has any other suggestions please let me know. I would love to keep this article here and I am very serious about becoming a regular contributor of high quality content to Wikipedia. I have been reading the site for years and finally decided to start adding some of my own input, and I hope you will not simply decide to can this article because I am a new user. Please see non-homologous end joining for tangible evidence of my desire to improve wikipedia, I've added some detailed informatin to the NHEJ article and I am going to add some citations in the next few days. Thanks in advance for helping me to improve this article and save it from deletion! Amazinglarry 14:58, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:NFT, which is what this seems to be. I have an identical-sounding cartoon drawn by one of my dad's students (Muchmore was his name) - the Mighty Much cartoon was hugely poipular in its day, but with a highly select audience... Just zis Guy you know? 15:03, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete not notable in the least.--Kungfu Adam (talk) 20:48, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:NFT ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 22:51, 17 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.