Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerkcity (3rd nomination)


 * 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   delete.  Sandstein  05:43, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Jerkcity
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Request for references from reliable third-party publications has been there for over a year. There has been no improvement. Disclaimer: I have removed sections from the article that were entirely sythesized from the primary source (see WP:PRIMARY). Keep !votes from the previous AfD were based on these arguments:
 * "These other articles only cite primary sources!" - WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS
 * "It's useful" - WP:ITSUSEFUL
 * "Mentioned in Salon; The Comics Journal; Rotten; etc" - To establish notability, coverage must be both non-trivial and from a reliable source.

I like this comic... I will fall over myself to improve the article if someone can unearth significant coverage that can be mined. But I've searched, and could not find. Marasmusine (talk) 21:18, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete absolutely no hits on Google News. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 21:42, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Webcomics-related deletion discussions.  — --Darkwind (talk) 05:15, 21 July 2011 (UTC)


 * delete I once knew the mayor of jerk city, but sadly no reliable sources exist beyond trivial mentions. HominidMachinae (talk) 00:11, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete sadly, this is the kind of thing WP:WEB doesn't defend: Internet culture that has not achieved mainstream notability. LiteralKa (talk) 01:51, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete No reliable sources. KING OF WIKIPEDIA - GRIM LITTLEZ (talk) 09:37, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete For me the relevant guideline here is Notability (web). I fail to see where this has "been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the site itself." There is a brief mention in The Comics Journal but this is an interview with one of the comics' creators and in 7,219 words, only 66 words (6 sentences) are about Jerkcity. There is also an article in Salon.com but it has one sentence on Jerkcity and shows one of the characters (not labeled). So these are the two best mentions in reliable sources, and both seem fairly trivial to me. There is a nicely written article on Jerkcity at Rotten.com but I do not see that as a reliable source and the article does not give an author or date or source (if it is a reprint from a RS). There is a Jerkcity book, but it was apparently self-published and I cannot find any reviews of it. I asked on the article's talk page in April 2010 for reliable sources and what I have mentioned here were the best provided - I've looked but cannot find better sources. I do not see how the article meets notability and so !vote for deletion. If better sources are out there, please provide them. Please note that this is copy and paste of my argument for deletionb in the last AfD - not much appears to have changed since then. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 11:25, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete please kill me and this article while youre at it Bsznm (talk) 07:19, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Jerkcity does not care. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.123.118 (talk) 21:07, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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