Talk:Help Desk (webcomic)

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This article was nominated for deletion on 2006/10/26. The result of the discussion was keep.

Contents 1 "Ubersoft" & "Ubisoft" Similarity 2 Steve Case vs. Steve Jobs 3 Alice's Entry 4 Encyclopedic Character 5 Phil and Fooker 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Viktor (Help Desk).png 7 Notability

[edit] "Ubersoft" & "Ubisoft" Similarity

I'm surprised there is no mention of the similarity between made-up company "Ubersoft" in this comic-strip and the real-life existing company "Ubisoft" -- "Ubersoft" sounds like a German play on the name to me. stuartyler 13:30, 09 Feb 2006 (UTC)

Ubersoft is based on Microsoft, and the swap from Micro to Uber isn't a big stretch (they mean different things but have similar grammatical place). Nifty Doorways is a play on Windows. This should probably be made explicit in the article, actually. 74.12.146.176 05:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Steve Case vs. Steve Jobs

The Boss lost his letters to Steve Case in 2002. Earlier, in the beginning of 2001, The Boss stole Steve Job's ego in a card game. Please, look up the strips in question before switching details. Thesquire 03:50, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Just adding my two cents here -- Thesquire is correct. In the example listed on the Wikipedia page, it is Steve Case -- the guy who started AOL and merged AOL with Time Warner -- who comes into possession of the flaming letters. Steve Jobs -- the guy who started Apple Computers -- does not come into possession of the letters until much, much later in the comic. -- The Cartoonist

[edit] Alice's Entry

I think this version works better, because although the wording is clumsy, it's more in keeping with the spirit of Help Desk:

As the lone female character at Ubersoft, Alice is nonetheless able to hold her own quite undeniably. She is Alex's sister, but is a primary force in the Marketing Department. As such, she is totally devoid of any moral scruples (due to being in Marketing, not Alex's sister) -- driven solely by the determination to sell whatever Ubersoft may (or may not yet) have available -- and to make sure that new vaporware is always on the horizon. What she lacks in a moral compass is more than compensated for in imagination.

The current one is as follows:

As the lone female character at Ubersoft, Alice is nonetheless able to hold her own quite undeniably. She is Alex's sister, but is a primary force in the Marketing Department. As a marketer, she is totally devoid of any moral scruples—driven solely by the determination to sell whatever Ubersoft may (or may not yet) have available—and to make sure that new vaporware is always on the horizon. What she lacks in a moral compass is more than compensated for in imagination.

The difference being "As such, she is totally devoid of any moral scruples (due to being in Marketing, not Alex's sister)". I dunno, I just think that's funnier. *shrugs*

-82.43.42.159 00:53, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bugger, was logged out...

-Veratien 00:53, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You know, one of the Uberthugs is female. Stormscape 09:33, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

The article says "It is confirmed Alice does not know how to lie." I believe Alice said that herself and therefore creates a liar paradox. I think a wikilink should be made to that in that part of the article. --24.178.247.252 03:10, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Encyclopedic Character

Note to the person who keeps adding the slogans: listing a few of them as examples is appropriate. Listing all the slogans just creates a bunch of useless text. If you want to create a list of them elsewhere, fine, but if you want to add text to the article, please be productive and write a new character bio. Thesquire 05:53, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Phil and Fooker

OK from the Ubersoft VS GPF Crossover event starting in late January/Early February 2001, we know that Phil and Fooker are old friends. We also saw a sequence from Fooker in school where he's chugging beer. Perhaps we should note their connection in the Phil section of the bios here? Dragonranger 21:01, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Viktor (Help Desk).png

Image:Viktor (Help Desk).png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 02:31, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

--- I'm the cartoonist of the comic, and thought I should add my two cents. Even if use of the image did not qualify as "fair use," (I don't know if it does or not, to be honest) I distribute my comic under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)... I assume this would allow it to be cropped and posted on Wikipedia. Is that an incompatible license? -- Chris Wright —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.72.168.216 (talk) 12:25, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Bot got pwned. Anyways, from my limited legal experience, the license should work, although I'm not well versed enough in Wikipedia to write everything up. 64.74.213.62 21:35, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

Does this web comic have any? SamSim (talk) 02:18, 26 December 2007 (UTC)