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snoyes 03:53, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Thank you ;) Sim 19:15, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Recent mass purge
Recently, the Powers That Be of Wikipedia have decided to purge several unnotable webcomic articles from Wikipedia's database. While I agree on this point of view in principle (after all, just because some Bob Smith makes a webcomic doesnt mean there should be a Wikipedia page about it), it seems the editor in question does not know a fair lot concerning what makes a webcomic notable.

While Penny Arcade and User Friendly were left up, for example, several other award-winning webcomics were taken down and senselessly deleted, including those that receive a fair amount of traffic, I might add.

Even if one does not know which webcomics are notable, one could numerically experiment by seeing how many other pages link to a given article, the kinds of articles that appear in its 'related links' section (such as awards it has won), and how many people search for an article over a given period of time.

I, among others, might suggest that someone or some people have been overbroad in the deletion of webcomics, as similar low-audience activities have not been deleted, which seems to myself to show a definate bias.

I have "been bold" and taken the action of recreating a few of the webcomics that seem, to me, to be the most gevious examples, however, I am sure I missed some, and would like to ensure such actions  are not taken in the future. Sim 18:47, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Recreating with identical text (I haven't looked) is a criteria for speedy deletion of the new article. Indeed, recreation of substantially the same article is enough for speedy deletion.  See the speedy deletion criteria for recreations of articles deleted through a deletion discussion.  To learn how to find out why an article was deleted, read Why was my page deleted?.  GRBerry 20:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It's not perfectly identical. I added data about the awards it has won and affects in the community. (It's also been edited by quite a few people in the last few hours) I'm galled that I couldn't do anything with other pages I'm less familiar with. They didn't drop just one article; they apparently dropped several dozen simultaniously. They also apparently dropped several peripheral articles related to webcomics; the web cartoonist's choice awards, networking programs, the whole shebang. (This is what really drove me up the wall. They didn't just delete individual articles; they deleting an entire 20-30 page interconnecting web of articles). The deletion archive even posits the administator itself had reservations about deleting the page, especially as every single other person other than the nominator and deletor(I assume, last person posting at least) thought it should be kept. And I realize it's not a democracy, but the administrator specifically mentioned that the comments were well thought out and held a great deal of weight, and the points brought up as resons for deletion are specifically refuted in Wikipedia talk:Notability (web).


 * I don't agree in principle with the idea of a mass purge in Wikipedia, and more than any individual article or articles, I'm more concerned with the idea that someone out there thinks this kind of thing is a good concept.Sim 06:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

OCPD comments
You can check OCPD talk page for a reply to your question. 75.111.198.59 (talk) 09:08, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Network decay
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Network decay, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Apparent original research.

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 01:23, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Network decay
I have nominated Network decay, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Network decay. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. -- Collectonian  (talk · contribs) 20:32, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

DMFA
You've had this for a few months now. Are you ever gonna do anything with it? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 01:48, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Yep.
Sorry, things came up at work. Working on it now.