Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Sim Tangent


 * 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 of the debate was TRANSWIKI and DELETE Babajobu 08:21, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Dave Sim Tangent
Incoherent rant. Pure original reserach. Hurricane111 19:46, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom as personal essay-style rant with no encyclopedic value. --Lockley 20:00, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOT a soapbox -- Thesquire (talk - contribs) 20:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral I agree with the statements above in general about the quality of the article, but... this isn't technically original research.  Dave Sim, who is a major figure in the comics world, wrote this article a number of years ago, published it in his comic book series Cerebus and released it to the public domain.  As you can imagine, it caused a stir, mostly of the "Dave Sim needs to be put back on his meds.  Stat!" variety.  So the question is:  what should Wikipedia do with a piece like this written by a notable figure?  It's of historical interest, if only for an example "there but for the grace of god go I." -- Richfife 20:32, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - if anything, it should be transwikied to wikisource and then deleted, though I'm not sure if the editors at wikisource would want this. -- Thesquire (talk - contribs) 20:50, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wikisource. Dave Sim is a notable figure, but not notable enough to have an essay posted as a Wikipedia article. If someone wants to take a couple (and only a couple) of quotes from this and add them to the Dave Sim article, I have no problem with that. Otherwise let Wikisource decide how to handle this. 23skidoo 21:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to Wikisource.  howch e  ng   {chat} 00:14, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - added intro if that makes a difference. I understand this may not fit Wiki's definition of an encyclopedic entry, but the claim that this is "pure original research" is demonstrably false. All you have to do is read the article. If deleted, I'll just take a couple (and only a couple!) of quotes and provide it as an addendum to the Sim page. Antihostile 16:02, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


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