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Non-notable webcomic - more than one comic called Fanboys - Google search on "F@NB0Y$ Dewitt" narrows field to 10 unique out of 57 total. Search on "Fanboys Krudman" returns only 16 unique on 6,580. Delete MikeWazowski 03:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Google searches to determine notability, in this case specifically, are not viable. The use of non-alphanumeric characters and the general reference to the comic as "fanboys", a term not easily searchable given it's common usage, especially within circles where it's popular, makes it completely unfair to judge in this manner. There is simply no good manner to search for this and return an accurate count which is usable to judge anything.

The comic has recently been featured on extremely popular gaming sites such as Destructoid, Joystiq, Dueling Analogs, and more. The comic is continuously growing in popularity, and receives thousands of hits a day. Certainly it has achieved a popularity higher than many of the comics on the wiki's list of webcomics.

The article itself is well-made and appears to meet all Wikipedia standards. Given it's growing popularity, it's winnings and features in Joystiq's weekly webcomic poll (Joystiq sits w/ an Alexa rating around 2000), and it's mention on numerous other gaming and comic sites around the net, I think F@NB0Y$ has certainly earned itself a small wikipedia article. I'd also like a viable explanation as to who the hell it's hurting by existing. This seems counter-intuitive to the concept of the Wikipedia, when good information is censored based on a few people who don't feel the work "popular enough". --Nmaster64 11:08, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]


---Wiki-approved Webcomics with lower traffic rankings than F@NB0Y$ (A-M)---

Note: the list above marks every webcomic existing on the Wikipedia's List of webcomics that has a lower Alexa traffic rankings for it's domain than Fanboys-Online.com. This does not include any comics who's sites do not have data available, nor comics that exist on domain with other content our comics, so it is likely the list is indeed longer.

Based on the above information, the basis that the webcomic F@NB0Y$ is non-notable is at best ridiculous, at worst an example of horrible bias. It's clear F@NB0Y$ is even at current a relatively popular webcomic, and with it's continued growth, especially as it begins to see more and more exposure, merits the existence of a Wiki article. --Nmaster64 15:02, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Traffic ranking has nothing to do with notability. We don't keep articles just because they have a traffic rank or another. Please see: WP:WEB and WP:RS. The criteria require that "the content itself has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the site itself". bogdan 15:39, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • KEEP per Nmaster64, both times, and bogdan. F@NBOY$ is WP:WEB, it has won awards that can be independently verified.
In my last Google search of "fanboys," fanboys-online.com ranked 4th from the top.
The article is in the style of Penny Arcade (webcomic), Ctrl+Alt+Del, 8-bit Theatre, and Press Start To Play. PSTP links to F@NBOY$ from their website.
This article is not an advertisement, it's written from a Neutral Point of View, all claims are verifiable, it doesn't contain original research, and it doesn't have any copyright issues. It's simply an informational webcomic stub article containing information about a webcomic that is gaining in popularity and notice. I see no reason to limit Wikipedia's informational vault in this case. Autodmc 15:46, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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