Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gnuff

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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 was Keep. Shimeru 05:35, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gnuff

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Non notable furry comic. There's an interview with the creator of the comic listed as an external link, but that's about it. No reliable sources, no assertion of the notability of the comic, so delete per WP:ATT, WP:V and WP:N-K@ngiemeep! 01:45, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong keep.A series published internationally, by a respected and famous Danish cartoonist. Published over several years by Fantagraphics, one of the top comics publishers.
The article should be expanded and improved,true, but this anti-furry crusade is getting out of hand-- especiazlly as this is not a furry title. Rhinoracer 15:22, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Article is nothing more than a summary of a comic with no assertion of WP:N, no reliable sources to satisfy WP:ATT. Arkyan • (talk) 15:38, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, internationally published, the creator is well known. 96T 16:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, is there some new WP:FURRY policy urging a purge that I don't know about? Artw 18:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep: if the assertion that the strip is widely published in Sunday newspapers is true, then it meets notability standards. However, reliable sources still need to be added to confirm this. Krimpet (talk/review) 01:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment:Here's Freddy Milton's bio on Lambieck: http://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/milton_f.htm The artist is obviously notable.
Information about Gnuff, from Allexperts:
http://en.allexperts.com/e/g/gn/gnuff.htm
...which site clearly states that Milton was interviewed, in print, in Amazing Heroesno 129; this is an authoritative source.
'Gnuff' also appeared in other comics, such as the Usagi Yojimbo color special:
http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/other/comics/uy-cs1.html
Clearly, a professionallly produced and distributed comic, the creation of a notable cartoonist.Rhinoracer 18:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
    • All Experts is a wikipedia mirror, so not really a great reference. Lambiek is a pretty well respected source of information though. And the Usagi Yojimbo link should definately help establish notability, and should probably be added to the article right now. Artw 18:40, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep (absolute, no kidding) Deleting Gnuff is like deleting Peanuts or Carl Barks. "Non-notable"? I'm sick to death of this anti-funny-animal crusade (by people who don't know critically acclaimed work in pop culture media from the fringe costume fetishists that "Furry" is being used to evoke.) This isn't even funny. Ventifax 06:17, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Really? At an ostensible furry fansite that after 20 months still has no pages for Carl Barks or Freddy Milton? WikiFur is fannish & fringe, & tends toward vanity pages by Anglophone furries. Gnuff is not part of that subculture, & it deserves to be on a page that will actually be read by people who aren't "furries". Ventifax 06:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Well wether or not this material is suited to a Wiki dedicated to English speaking anthropomorphism fans is not really the issue. The issue is this article meets the deletion criteria for wikipedia. NeoFreak 06:45, 3 April 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.