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Proposed Notability Guidelines for Webcomics and New Media
Wikipedia's current WP:GNG] are designed for a world where print publishing is king -- which is ironic, as the same technology that allows Wikipedia to be edited and accessed around the world also allows for vast amounts of new media, much of which is self-published, to exist and thrive online. Worse, much of the "notable" media available to give these new media entries press is limited, either by choice (e.g. being published by a otherwise notable publisher may require giving up significant intellectual property) or the added difficulty in gaining press in a dwindling collection of acceptable notable media outlets, due both to the closing of multiple long-running media outlets as well as the not-yet-established notability of newer media outlets, such as podcasts.

In short, the current attitude on Wikipedia makes adding articles on these subjects difficult, and leaves articles on these subjects vulnerable to deletion from editors following rigid policies that fail to acknowledge all but the most notable topics, which may frustrate readers interested in those subjects and discourage editors who happen to be experts in these topics if improving the articles becomes secondary to keeping those articles from being deleted.