Kinda surprised he went with "Sockpuppet" instead of "Conflict of Interest" in the last panel. :P
And I'd usually agree with the deletion reasoning (the one given under the comic), but it's enforced way too arbitrarily in my eyes. Wikipedia is full of trivia articles, stubs and lists that aren't deleted. And not just because they weren't nominated. Random browsing shows me that, for example, "List of problems solved by MacGyver" was kept by consensus. Personally, I'm quite happy that it was kept (I loooove Wikipedia for its weird lists and trivia articles), but it makes me go "Huh?" when compared to some deletions such as the "webcomic purge" from back then. I'm really no Wikipedia pro, but I think they need some more consistent goalposts instead of establishing custom rules for each class of articles ("Websites and -comics will only be kept if there was a non-trivial mention in a notable news outlet, and the site or comic itself shouldn't be used as a source. But lists of fictional elements or MacGyver problem solutions are fine as
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Aww. See, now that you've linked to that article, someone will delete it. You watch!
The great majority of the webcomic articles needed to be deleted. You've got no argument from me. But when the article on Girly is deleted, something is terribly wrong. Thank goodness for Comixpedia.
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And I'd usually agree with the deletion reasoning (the one given under the comic), but it's enforced way too arbitrarily in my eyes. Wikipedia is full of trivia articles, stubs and lists that aren't deleted. And not just because they weren't nominated. Random browsing shows me that, for example, "List of problems solved by MacGyver" was kept by consensus. Personally, I'm quite happy that it was kept (I loooove Wikipedia for its weird lists and trivia articles), but it makes me go "Huh?" when compared to some deletions such as the "webcomic purge" from back then. I'm really no Wikipedia pro, but I think they need some more consistent goalposts instead of establishing custom rules for each class of articles ("Websites and -comics will only be kept if there was a non-trivial mention in a notable news outlet, and the site or comic itself shouldn't be used as a source. But lists of fictional elements or MacGyver problem solutions are fine as ( ... )
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The great majority of the webcomic articles needed to be deleted. You've got no argument from me. But when the article on Girly is deleted, something is terribly wrong. Thank goodness for Comixpedia.
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Aww, too bad I can't buy things off the 'net.
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