Talk:The Family Circus

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It is certainly debatable whether the comic is dated and mawkish. This should be revised for NPOV. --Daniel C. Boyer 22:58, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Syndicated?

According to the Garfield comic, that strip holds the Guiness World Record for most syndications. I know this article says according to the publisher this is the worlds most syndicated strip, but shouldn't that be removed if garfield is indeed the most syndicated? I am not sure if the Garfield one is accurate so I don't want to make any changes. -murder1 01:28, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I've changed the wording from most widely syndicated "comic series" to "cartoon panel" as is stated by King Features. Panel cartoons are considered different then comic series or strip-type cartoons. CactusWriter (talk) 11:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I think "The Other Family" link should be removed. It is too R rated for a source, however if others want it there, than maybe leave it without a dirct link, so that others should search for it if interested.

[edit] Rewrite

The prior article seemed to be imbalanced, focusing little on the strip and more on online parody and satire. I have revised the article to deemphasize the parody aspect and wiped the NPOV stuff about "sterile humor" and "mawkish sentimentality". I haven't removed any of the links or pop culture references but I did revise them. Perhaps the parody warrants a separate article. I have expanded other areas to balance the revised parody section. Irene Ringworm 09:08, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I've never done editing with Wikipedia before, but there is a bizarre comment in the "Location" discussion, in all-caps, about the FC characters being aliens/marcians [sic]. However when I try to edit that section the aliens/marcians comment doesn't appear. Someone more Wikipedia-savvy than myself should change it.24.125.175.110 23:27, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Surname

It's been many years since I've read FC regularly, but somewhere along the line, hasn't it at least been implied that the family's surname is indeed Keane?Rockhopper10r 01:49, 16 July 2007 (UTC)