Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Demon Candy: Parallel


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The result was   delete. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:52, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Demon Candy: Parallel

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Thoroughly non-notable Lulu-packaged/self-published webcomic about which there seems to be no nontrivial secondary sourcing -- no GNews hits, GBooks hits are all Wikipedia collections, GHits are almost entirely promotional or webcomics directories. Only claim of notability is that its creator, known only as "Lord Dragon Master." has been nominated for something called the "Bondage Award", which seems to be given out by one person, has outlandishly long "nomination" lists, and has such rigorous quality control that Wally Wood is also nominated for Best Artist, despite having produced very little work since committing suicide in 1981. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:10, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Webcomics-related deletion discussions.  —I, Jethrobot drop me a line 20:12, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

The notibility of the comic is the niche market of BDSM related subject matter that removed the obligation for sexual intercourse, while still remaining true and exploring themes of fetishism. The bondage awards are a significant and notable award, as all facest of the BDSM community participate. As noted the creator of the awards receives threats from the industry/vendors regarding the seriousness of victory through the awards. The comic has been featured in multiple podcasts and video comic reviews. It's creator, Lord Dragon Master, is an Architect in Toronto. The comic ranks 13/20 of Wikipedia's top anime and manga inspired webcomic's and 34/50 for Wikipedia's Yonkoma category. This article was already passed over for deletion at it's creation, and has more notability and followers then several other webcomic articles listed on wikipedia.
 * Whip into Deletion User-generated content links like Formspring and Youtube are not valid sources to support WP:NBOOK. Also, that last source is not "Wikipedia," it's some other wiki.  And it may list page views, but we don't keep articles on Wikipedia because they get a lot of views.  The awards won do not seem very notable per nominator's observations. I, Jethrobot drop me a line 21:48, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. and has such rigorous quality control that Wally Wood is also nominated for Best Artist, despite having produced very little work since committing suicide in 1981. - LOL. --Novil Ariandis (talk) 09:03, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
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