Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rizzo

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 Delete. Sancho 20:26, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rizzo

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This comic strip has no sources except the creators' website, it's effectively self-syndicated (this is Google's first hit for the syndicate, King Creators United), the collection book is self-published (the article on the book was previously deleted). There is no indication of notability. Prod was removed by someone who trusted the article's grandiose claims. Huon (talk) 15:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - as the person who deprodded it, I didn't 'trust the article's grandiose claims', I just didn't think PROD was suitable, i.e. deletion may not be uncontroversial. Please limit yourself to presenting your own arguments.--Michig (talk) 15:14, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - it has been published in book form, running to a second edition, although it may have been self-published - publisher is Booksurge (an Amazon company). I tried to find further sources but couldn't find anything significant. If the comic strip has appeared in 'over 20 periodicals', it may be sufficiently notable, but the article really needs some reliable sources.--Michig (talk) 15:38, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletions. —Hiding T 13:55, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - it might be small, which is exactly why people might want to look it up. It's not completely unknown. --.Tom. (talk) 14:58, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, still no independent sources. AnteaterZot 23:57, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Random832 20:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC)—Random832 20:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Minimal established notability per WP:N. The article's author, Ram Patu (talk · contribs), created this article, Rizzo: Year One (deleted here when it became clear that BookSurge was a vanity press), Sean Simmans, & Chris Riseley (deleted here), almost establishing a walled garden. If kept, the broken source for the SLC Weekly claim could be updated to this, I guess... — Scientizzle 20:20, 4 December 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.