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[edit] Well is it just my end?
I added a featured picture (my first time editing a portal) and it looked fine in preview, but when I put it on the portal I noticed a typo and that the formatting did not look right. So after looking at the code on other Portal pictures I corrected the image, however on my end the correction is not showing up on the portal only on the featured image page...
is there something else I need to do to get the portal to update?--AjaxSerix 14:58, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
Nevermind--AjaxSerix 15:02, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Hello from a new carthograph
I did this map of main countries mading Comics/Manga/BD fastly, and I still have to improve it if you say to me what is wrong.
So can you critic this map, mainly :
- Subdivisions in europe.
- Countries such as Norway, Sweden, Canada, ... : comics or BD ?
- others informations are welcomes too.
Put your comments in fr:Discussion Image:Map-BD Comics Manga.png (you can write using english :) . Yug
[edit] Webcomics?
just wondering if webcomics can be put here - Jedi of redwall 01:34, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
sorry, I just read "what is a portal" and noobish little me was kinda wrong about what exactly a wikiportal was :-p - Jedi of redwall 21:07, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
if you were wondering why the date on my first post is actually after on my second post, it's because I didn't add the four ~s until after I made the second post. also, since the question has been answered, should I delete this little section, or leave it here? - Jedi of redwall 15:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Featured Article spam?
Just wondering, is the text at the bottom of the Featured article headed 'Web Comcis' spam, or is it actually intentional? Madder 18:44, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Isn't it time for a new FA and project?
I'm tired of Nemo and Maus but I don't know what it should be replaced with. - Peregrinefisher 18:11, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Help from admin?
Good day, I wonder if an admin who's hip both to Wikipedia and comics can help. On the messageboard of Comicon.com[[1]], in the forum marked The Gutters, there are two threads that openly and gleefully call for vandalising Wikipedia, with three articles in particular being singled out.(Look for threads 'hooray for wikipedia!' and "Rhinoracer"???) I've been fighting them all week.
Could somebody e-mail comicon.com's administrators and ask them politely to stop (unwittingly) encouraging vandalism of Wikipedia, by scolding the perpetrators or somesuch? Despite these unfortunate abuses, the site is overall well-respected in the comics community, as are its owners, Rick Veitch (official email: rarebit@sover.net) and Steve Conley (steve@steveconley.com).
I had rather an experienced Wikipedian undertake this. Thank you. Rhinoracer 13:18, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
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This guy "Rhinoracer" is himself a Wiki vandal and notorious internet prankster; you have been warned.
BTW, "I had rather an experienced Wikipedian undertake this" strikes me as a pretty awkward sentence coming from someone who claims to be a "French-American translator." Dannyhellman 19:32, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
That is a pack of lies. Danny Hellman is himself one of the vandals I've denounced, as he gloats in the above-mentioned threads. BTW, I think it's rich that one of the most notorious Internet pranksters in America (see Danny Hellman) should accuse me of pranking-- something I've never done; I have also never vandalised Wikipedia, and I challenge anyone to find any example of my vandalism. BTW, on July 31st Hellman edited the article about himself again, although he has been specifically enjoined from doing so. See here:[[2]]
I also don't believe he observes proper Wiki etiquette. He has posted an obscene taunt on my user talk page.
As for the "awkward sentence", apparently Hellman is totally ignorant of correct English grammar. If he persists in his insults, lies and vandalism, I shall take him to task for it at the anti-vandalism page, and request he be blocked and banned. Rhinoracer 14:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- Both of you need to take some deep breaths or you'll BOTH get blocked for personal attacks. --InShaneee 20:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
--Update: Rick Veitch has agreed to delete the thread encouraging vandalism from comicon.com
[edit] Sad trend
There is 10 deaths in the 12laest news.... I know it's a bit hard to announce when a great cartoonist is born, but this is still a bit depressing. Couldn't we go and announce some new series or something?--SidiLemine 16:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Updates
I've updated the featured article (Krazy Kat was there since april), and the "Did you know section" (previous items where listed for over a year). Certainly the did you know should be updated more often, there are enough comics articles to get some info from. I suppose some other sections could use an update as well, but this will do for now. Feel free to revert or improve of course!
[edit] Calvin and Hobbes
I just wanted to drop a note here to thank you guys for featuring the article on your main page today. I've done a lot of edits on the article and it's great to see it get such recognition! Thanks! - Mike | Trick or Treat 21:53, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- No problem, although I've actually set it up so they display pretty much randomly. I think we featured Calvin and Hobbes over a year ago too. Hiding Talk 22:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Hopefully Peanuts can join these as FAs soon enough. It's looking like it will be the November Collab of the month at the WikiProject. - Mike | Trick or Treat 22:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Anniversaries section
Would it be a good idea if I added an "anniversaries" section to the portal? You can see a similar thing on e.g. the Portal:Belgium or on Portal:Literature (section A day in literature). It would just be another box, where per day (or, if there isn't enough material, week or month), some "anniversaries" would be placed. Births and deaths of authors, first and last appearances of comics or heroes, ... It would make the portal page more interesting for regular visitors, since you would have something new every day (or week or month), while the other boxes are quite fixed (FA changes every day, but after 10 of them, you are finished). The correct day is shown automatically, so there is no other overhead involved. If there would be interest, I'ld be willing to create and populate it, but I'm not going to start that (quite a lot of work actaully) before I have had some input. 10:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
- Feel free, I think it is a great idea. I must get back to updating the news more regularly, to be honest. I'll dig out my old journals and give a hand populating when you start. Hiding Talk 11:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Using images newer than 70 years old
See: Wikipedia:Fair use/Amendment/Fair use images in portals --GunnarRene 22:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Notability guidelines for comics
Isn't it about time we had some notability guidelines for comics? It would certainly shorten many deletion debates and ensure a consistency to their outcome. Artw 20:33, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Reformat?
I don't know if it's just me, but I think the main portal page could do with some reformatting. What does everyone else think? *Cremepuff222* 01:28, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] ComicsPortal.png: bad taste?
Ugh. The current lead pic:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/ComicsPortal.png
Panel 1: a balloon: "#%&@".
Panel 2: a burst: "POW!"
Panel 1: title: "Wikipedia Portal: COMICS".
...is symbolically reminiscent of the stereotypical post-'60s newspaper comics article title "Zap! Bam! Pow! Comics aren't just for kids anymore". Now a vanishing breed, the article would show comics are also for adult speculators, eccentric collectors, and allude to a few superhero stories about current events.
Each panel is just ASCII characters, the sequences is all words and no pictures. Most comics definers allow for comics without words, but the genre of words without pictures, (or lettering without pictures), seems less representative.
Thoughts for replacement; maybe something historical (and public domain) like:
Panel 1: Little Nemo falling out of bed.
Panel 2: title: "Wikipedia Portal: COMICS".
Panel 3: Krazy Kat and brick
...or comics more international or even older, (e.g. Max Und Moritz, et al). McCloud-like appropriations of sequences from ancient ruins, tapestries, & temples might be going too far though. --AC (talk) 06:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
