Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics
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Welcome to WikiProject Comics (WP:CMC), a project formed by Wikipedians to increase, expand, improve, and better organize articles related to comics in Wikipedia, the largest encyclopaedia in the world! We rely on comics enthusiasts worldwide to make this the best comics encyclopaedia on the web. If you are interested in participating, why not see how you can get involved?
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[edit] Mission Statement
This WikiProject aims to provide a centralized home for work done on Wikipedia articles about comics and sequential art and to coordinate members' efforts to prevent redundancy and resolve disputes.
[edit] Goals
- Come to a consensus about the organization of comics-related articles
- Coordinate the editing of comics-related articles
- Develop comics-related articles into authoritative, high-quality reference material, making Wikipedia's comics coverage better than any existing reference book!
- Create a standard for the interpretation of copyright and fair use as it applies to the comic book articles. (See #Copyright for more information.)
[edit] Participants
WikiProject Comics now has over 425 participants! See Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Participants for the full list Add yourself!
[edit] Userbox
| A userbox has been created for the purposes of identifying as a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics. To insert it onto your user page, type {{User WPComics}}. The user box was created by User:Jamdav86 on 21 December 2005. |
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[edit] Hierarchy definition
- Literature: Comics
- Visual and Performing Arts: Visual arts: Comics
[edit] Workgroups
[edit] Related WikiProjects
[edit] Overview
- Getting Involved - A good place to start. Learn more about how you can be a part of this WikiProject.
- General discussion forum - Post your questions, comments, and concerns to this helpful and friendly talk page. This is the central page to visit for general discussion of the project. You can see what other editors are working on, ask questions, and keep track of the project's progress.
- The Notice Board keeps editors apprised of comics articles whose talk pages are involved in ongoing debates; merge, move, and delete proposals involving WikiProject articles; and other discussions of interest. Editors of articles can also announce new articles and projects and request comment from uninvolved editors. Updating help is also always needed and appreciated.
- Editorial Guidelines explains proper grammar and formatting for comics articles.
- Exemplars shows the standard format for comics-related articles, and gives some examples of accepted article structure.
- Naming conventions describes the best ways to name new articles.
- References - This page lists some comics-related references to aid in sourcing your edits of comics-related articles.
- WikiProject Comics Templates make constructing and editing a comics article easier.
- Copyright (important) informs editors which images are appropriate for uploading and use in comics articles and how best to use them. WikiProject Comics has policies on copyright for Wikipedia comics articles either based on our consensus interpretation of Wikipedia:Fair use or agreements made with individual publishers. Unless stated otherwise, these are based on the interpretation of US copyright law.
[edit] Outstanding content
- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Outstanding content for more information, including current and former candidates.
[edit] Articles categorised by assessment
- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Assessment for more information.
Quality: FA-Class | A Class | GA-Class | B-Class | Start-Class | Stub Class | Unassessed
Importance: Top | High | Mid | Low | Unknown
[edit] Featured articles
There are currently 16 comics-related articles which are Featured articles, meaning they belong to the best articles of the entire Wikipedia. The articles are listed below. Dates refer to the date when the article was the Wikipedia Main Page article.
300 (film) - August 3, 2007- The Adventures of Tintin - January 5, 2007
- Anarky
- Aquaman (TV program) - June 10, 2007
- Batman - May 7, 2004
- Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards - March 21, 2008
- Calvin and Hobbes - August 7, 2004
- Captain Marvel (DC Comics) - December 22, 2005
- Fun Home - September 3, 2007
- Halo Graphic Novel - February 17, 2008
- Krazy Kat - June 5, 2006
- Megatokyo - September 5, 2006
- Roy of the Rovers - August 13, 2006
- Superman - March 31, 2004
- V for Vendetta (film) - November 5, 2006
- Watchmen - August 23, 2006
Good articles
The following comics-related articles are Good articles; with some additional work they can be improved to Featured Article status. Dates refer to the date when the article was accepted as a Good article.
Alan Moore - July 8, 2006- Barbara Gordon - October 14, 2007
- Batgirl - March 1, 2008
- Batman (1989 film) - November 3, 2007
- Batman Begins - November 30, 2006
- Batman Forever - November 11, 2007
- Batman Returns - January 12, 2008
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - March 7, 2008
- Batwoman - January 12, 2008
- Comics Arts Conference - May 20, 2008
- Dick Tracy (film) - January 25, 2008
- Fawcett Publications - February 2, 2006
- Graphic novel - August 9, 2006
- Homestar Runner - June 12, 2006
- Hugo Danner - October 3, 2007
- Jack (webcomic) - October 31, 2007
- Jean-Claude Mézières - October 4, 2007
- Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy - July 7, 2006
- Kevin and Kell - December 2, 2007
- Lex Luthor - July 20, 2007
- Marvel 1602 - March 1, 2008
- Matt Groening - March 4, 2007
- Michigan State University Libraries - April 24, 2007
- Newshounds - July 10, 2006
- Ozy and Millie - February 22, 2008
- Shared universe - July 11, 2007
- Silver Surfer - June 18, 2007
- Sinestro Corps War - January 27, 2008
- Spider-Man (film) - May 5, 2007
- Spider-Man 3 - May 17, 2007
- Storm (Marvel Comics) - December 3, 2006
- Superman (film) - January 24, 2008
- The Soxaholix - October 25, 2006
- The Transformers (IDW Publishing) - April 11, 2007
- Thrud the Barbarian - March 1, 2008
- Valérian and Laureline - October 24, 2007
- Willy Vandersteen - September 27, 2007
- X-Men: The Last Stand - February 10, 2007
- X2 (film) - April 9, 2008
Did You Know (DYK)s
- Len Wein - unknown date (2004-2005)
- Cathy (comic strip) - unknown date (2004-2005)
- Power Girl - unknown date (2004-2005)
- Script breakdown - unknown date (2004-2005)
- Speech balloon - unknown date (2004-2005)
- 24-hour comic - unknown date (2004-2005)
- Super Buddies - unknown date (2004-2005)
- National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications - unknown date (2004-2005)
- Don Rico - unknown date (2004-2005)
- The Padlock - unknown date (2004-2005)
- The Hero Initiative - unknown date (2004-2005)
- Jeff Hawke - 23 January 2006.
- Karl Zinsmeister - 28 May 2006.
- Astra (manga) - 15 August 2006.
- Narayan Debnath - 18 September 2006.
- Bahadur (Comic character) - 25 September 2006.
- Milt Gross - 29 October 2006.
- Arbit Choudhury - 15 February 2006.
- Happy Hooligan - 20 February 2007.
- Winnie Winkle - February 28, 2007.
- Thrud the Barbarian - April 18, 2007.
- Michigan State University Libraries - 22 April 2007.
- Abie the Agent - 27 April 2007.
- Art Saaf - 27 April 2007.
- Polly and Her Pals - May 21, 2007.
- Batman: The Last Arkham - 27 May 2007.
- Dyesebel - 13 August 2007.
- Klaus Nordling - 11 October 2007.
- Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal - 14 October 2007.
- Alex Niño - 1 November 2007.
- A Doemain of Our Own - 11 December 2007.
- Hungarian comics - 7 February 2008.
- Patrice Killoffer - 17 March 2008.
