Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comic book collecting


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was Speedy Keep (closed early per WP:SNOW). Newyorkbrad 01:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Comic book collecting

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This article is just non-sense.Although comic book collecting is a hobby that people sometimes do, there are theoretically numerous amount of things that you can write about that people collect, and while it may be popular, There are plenty of other equally popular if not more so things that people collect, comic books don't stand out in any way. Rodrigue 21:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep - This is one of our oldest articles dating to December 2001, and it is a decidedly notable multi-million dollar international industry. This is also a violation of WP:POINT: the nominator is upset at one of his articles being at AfD, so he nominated this either in frustration, or bad faith. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - &lt;*&gt; 22:59, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. I bought enough Wizards as a kid to recognize this as an absurd, bad faith nomination. Albrecht 23:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - I'll agree that the article needs work, but notability just isn't an issue. There are a plethora of news stories from reliable sources about comic book collecting.  See here .  In addition, there are multiple major publications, like the aforementioned Wizard magazine devoted to it.  Chunky Rice 23:45, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - per Chunky Rice. The article needs to be referenced and sourced properly but it is notable and it is not WP:NONSENSE.-- Cailil   talk 23:50, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Just as good a topic as Numismatics or Philately. Nominator's assertion that the article is "non-sense" is absurd considering the relative merit of the article. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  23:56, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep Clearly a bad faith nomination. If you read the Afd discussion on his List of most valuable comic books, you'll notice he uses the very existence of the Comic book collecting article as an argument to keep his article, speaking out his support for both these two articles and any other article about collecting. Now he thinks it is nonsense and should be deleted? Like I said, clearly bad faith.--Atlan 00:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep leaving aside the issues of bad faith, the collection of comic books is an established hobby of some notability. There are probably dozens of news articles discussing various collections or special issues.  Books?  Absolutely.  They may be guides on how to do it, but that does show some notability in itself.  You might as well suggest deletion of stamp collecting or coin collecting.  FrozenPurpleCube 00:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Immediate and definitive speedy keep. In fact, I'm snowball closing this. Newyorkbrad 01:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.