Wikipedia talk:WikiProject WikiWorld

Have you stumbled across a Wikipedia article that would be an ideal candidate for a comic-strip interpretation? Please tell me about it. I'm on the lookout for surprising concepts and obscure references with humorous potential - as well as authoritative, highly-detailed articles on "mainstream" topics. --Greg Williams 20:17, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Please do not use this projects template on articles, it is a self reference which is bad enough, but also the images are totally inappropriate for an encyclopedic article. Having the template, or links to the images on the talk page could be considered, but on the article is just not right at all. Martin 15:00, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Since Radiant! asked on the admin noticeboard -

Just thought I'd mention that I think this is a great idea, and very well executed thus far. Proto::type 15:55, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree entirely (although who will draw them when Greg dies of exhaustion?). I don't think the template is any more clutter than the spoken wikipedia one. I do think that (as the project matures) we might consider having a unified "this article in other media" box (rather than a spoken box and an illustrated box). No, I can't think of any other media ("this article in collage form"), but then I didn't think of comics either, and it works very well. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:04, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

How about "this article in musical / show tune form" or "in flash animation form"? :) A few articles that could become good illustrated strips: The Bee Gees (as cartoon men with beards always look funny), Mel Blanc (fitting), [[Jimbo Wales] (as I'm a suck-up), and Jaws (film). Proto::type 16:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

• Proto also said on the noticeboard that he'd "like to see an illustrated version of WP:NOT"... I think that is an awesome idea! There are only a few dozen policy/guideline pages (as opposed to 1.5 million articles :) ) and recurring problems is that they're hard to read (yet too long to summarize in a one-liner), that some people tend to take policy too seriously, and that people use its letter rather than its spirit. This may be a weird idea, but to alleviate this, it would be awesome to have funny illustrations on some policy pages. (Radiant) 16:07, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
  • We have only one Greg, and few other wikipedians can draw (freehand) any better than those elephants in Malaysia. We should spend this scarce resource where it will be best used, and always in the article space. Hammerspace really benefited from the comic illustration, and Wikipedia's readers will benefit from it for years to come. Using Greg's talents to brighten up some Wikipedia internal argument page is a horrid waste. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
    • "comic illustration" - exactly, we are writing an encyclopedia, since when is a comic illustration even remotely appropriate? I'm sure we all agree that link on the talk page, or even a whole new wiki for illustrated articles, but not on our main space. Martin 16:36, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

This is great work, but I don't think it's generally going to be appropriate for articles. I'd much prefer seeing this type of thing used in project space than article space. Friday (talk) 16:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

This should be used. No one is saying that they will be used on every single wikipedia article, but I know there are some where they would be a great addition. pschemp | talk 17:39, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

They can be used on talk pages or some other namespace, but not on the article itself. Martin 18:32, 30 November 2006 (UTC)