Keenspace comics on Wikipedia

Evil Jamie! · Post by **Evil Jamie!** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 7:04 am

Oh. Well damnit, I WILL write my own entry then!

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:04 pm

Personally, I don't agree with the newer, more lenient guidelines; I think it's best to figure in those traffic statistics. I mean, if you're just looking at ages and pages, mine will be up for inclusion on Friday, and I could probably annoy someone into making up a page for me. As much as I'd love to pimp my comic on Wikipedia, deep down, I know that it's ridiculous that a virtually unknown comic should be given inclusion in a database that's supposed to highlight things of Particular Interest.

And anyway, who goes to Wikipedia to find a webcomic? That's what things like The Webcomic List are for.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:27 pm

I think so too. I mean, it's not gonna add up to my postcount significantly.
Besides, there is a more interesting side of not posting it on my iniciative: I am always interested in how a total stranger would describe my comic, and it won't happen if I do so myself.

Driving Without Pants · Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:59 pm

I just wrote an entry for myself. Is that wrong?

I'm surprised I didn't think of this before, it makes me feel important.

Stinkywigfiddle · Post by **Stinkywigfiddle** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:19 pm

I don't think I've made any impact on culture. And I doubt anyone would ever see the article if I actually had one.

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:23 pm

There's already an entry for Netrek the computer game, and for a short while I'd added a little note laughing about the coincidence of there also being a comic by the same name with absolutely nothing to do with said game ... and then I chickened out and deleted the addition.

--Sij

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:37 am

Driving Without Pants wrote:I just wrote an entry for myself. Is that wrong?

I'm surprised I didn't think of this before, it makes me feel important.

It can be interpreted as vanity. Be careful with that.

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:06 am

mcDuffies wrote:I think so too. I mean, it's not gonna add up to my postcount significantly.
Besides, there is a more interesting side of not posting it on my iniciative: I am always interested in how a total stranger would describe my comic, and it won't happen if I do so myself.

That's why reviews are fun!

Spriteville, USA · Post by **Spriteville, USA** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:16 am

I always thought Wikipedia was designed to be an Encyclopedia of EVERYTHING. Not just everything important, but EVERYTHING.

I dunno, I mean hell think about it, someone is told about a little comic and they want to know more, where oculd you go? Wikipedia of course! It has EVERYTHING.

Posting to Wikipedia will not make you more famous, but maybe someone would use Wiki to find out more about something, I mean why not?

Hell I'm all up for adding personal bios about every person alive on there, I mean why the hell not. (rhetorical)

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:18 am

Yea, I thought Wiki was about it ALL not just what someone deems important. I could see removing an article about someone's favourite rock but a comic is a comic, man.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:30 pm

I think the issue was more that people were making one-line pages that didn't actually provide information about the comic. (Apologies to anyone who is offended by that, but... yeah.)

And anyway, Wikipedia aspires to a certain level of quality -- which you won't get if you allow every kid with a Megaman sprite comic to make a page. And if you're going to allow that, you might as well let people dedicate articles to their rocks.

Spriteville, USA wrote:I dunno, I mean hell think about it, someone is told about a little comic and they want to know more, where oculd you go? Wikipedia of course! It has EVERYTHING.

Or else, y'know, to the comic itself...

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:07 pm

THIS COMIX ROXXORZ YOUR ASS! ULTRAMEGAMAN COMIC READ IT ITS TEH BEST COMIC ON WEB!!!!!!

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:24 pm

OMG UR COMIC ROXXORZZ MY BOXXORRZ!!! LINK EXCHANGE PLZ@!

And you know that'll end up in there if you allow people to submit it.

You know, the bias isn't just against webcomics; Wikipedia seems pretty stringent with all the articles, if you look at the proposed deletions.