Talk:Comic Book Resources

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Should not be deleted

There are numerous reason why this article should not be deleted. This first is the impact the website and websites like it has had on mass media and culture. Second the website represents a subsect of culture. Finally this is an opening to a new type of articles that need to start sometime and somewhere, and should not be dictated by the whims of what network news deems important such as Anna Nicole Smith.

First mass media has an impact on culture. We can see this by the awareness brought about by movies such as Blood Diamond and the like. Therefore anything that has an effect on mass media as a dirrect link to mainstream culture. This website and those like it have had this effect, most notably in comic book movies. We just need to look at the box office sales of comic book movies to see what kind of role comic book movies has in the film department. The dirrectors, writers and actors all participate in the forums of this particular website as well as sit down for interveiws. Therefore this website and sites like it participate in the cultural shift in the world.

Next, this website is where an entire subsect of cutlure converges to talk about one of their favorite subjects. This should be a recorded and treated as valid like any other culture would be. Who is to say this is important or not? I would present other cultures deemed inconsequental and thus expendable, such as native americans. No one has the right to say this is not important.

Finally, if Anna Nicole Smith gets a web page, then why not this site? Just because mass media dictates that Anna Nicole Smith is newsworthy, does not make it so. Don't allow this to happen where mass media automatically dictates what is, and what is not important. It should be the other way around as explained in my first argument. We should, as on these sites, dictate what is, and what is not important. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Acecool79 (talk • contribs).

WP:ININ. Leuko 23:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, as it happens I strongly think this page should be kept and expanded, but I'll mention two things for you Acecool79: 1) Arguments made here on the talk page will most likely have no influence on the deletion debate. The closing administrator will likely only look at the arguments on the article for deletion entry for this article. 2) Again, I happen to think it should be kept, but I'll mention that for the most part your arguments above may have little or no bearing on the decision. You ask "Who is to say this is important or not?" and the answer, in this case, is WP:WEB, the wikipedia guidelines for notability for websites. Also I'll mention that arguments like "if Anna Nicole Smith gets a web page, then why not this site?" don't generally mean very much, per WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS.

I think the page should be kept, and I strongly encourage you or anyone else to give their opinion on the AfD debate...but realistically this article is in bad shape and needs to be improved to make it wiki-worthy. The deletion nomination (in my opinion) was in good faith and had some justification, based on the state of the article when it was nominated. Improve the article please, don't argue a philosophy of what the article might possibly be. -Markeer 13:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Umm, that's what I was trying to say. The editor making the comments above did not sign. Leuko 15:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, fixed -Markeer 15:32, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

comic book idol

The site holds this kind of contest to discover aspiring comic book artists. Some of them are already working in the industry. I think it is notable to add this (dang, i was one of the unlucky who didnt make the cut) †Bloodpack† 04:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes I think it is worth a mention - if we can get enough reliable sources together then it could warrant a smallish section.

Sorry to hear you didn't win - if you don't mind me asking which was your entry? (Emperor 19:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC))

I should have done a bit of digging before asking - good stuff. (Emperor 20:59, 8 November 2007 (UTC))

here are some of the past contestants who successfully landed a job in the comic book industry through the CBI contest [1] [2] [3] [4] †Bloodpack† 04:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that - I've now added the information, I am sure there is more but that is a solid start. (Emperor (talk) 22:28, 15 April 2008 (UTC))

thanks too emp, im kinda lazy to do it =] anyways, i made some additions †Bloodpack† 07:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Requested move

Comic Book Resources → ComicBookResources.com – I can certainly see the point in not having .com when there's a print analog to a website. In this case, I believe titling this article "Comic Book Resources" gives a misimpression that it exists as a print publication and not solely as a website. I'd use the longstanding Salon.com or TMZ.com as example, since they could have been disambiguated as "Salon (website)" or "TMZ (website)" or similar. Not using ".com" in the title as an indicator seems unintentionally misleading. Removing the .com also seems to suggest there is something wrong or inferior about being a web-only publication, when this is simply factual and neutral. --Tenebrae (talk) 03:25, 8 March 2012 (UTC)