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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 08:17, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Y2cl

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Likely to fail WP:NWEB/GNG KH-1 (talk) 04:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Webcomics and Internet. Shellwood (talk) 09:35, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: very clearly does not meet notability guidelines. The sources in the article are either from the creator themselves, a self-publishing source, or their publisher. Couldn't find anything while looking it up, and Google News returns, literally, 0 results. win8x (talking | spying) 00:55, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. fail WP:NWEB/GNG . 181.197.42.215 (talk) 02:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 11:43, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thinking Ape Blues

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I wasn't able to find significant coverage of the subject in reliable sources. toweli (talk) 11:06, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: I can find several blogs discussing the series, but the only site approaching RS is possibly this one: [1], which is a passing mention. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 22:04, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I suppose. I can't find a mention of it in my literature besides Ted Rall's book. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 15:30, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:46, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dayfree Press

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While (some of) the webcomics that were part of Dayfree Press are notable, DP itself doesn't appear to have received significant coverage in reliable sources. There's this article in the The Comics Grid journal, which brings it up on p. 4 and 9 (and which could be considered sigcov, I guess). And there's also a Wired.com blog that says ~80 words about Dayfree Press. But I wasn't able to find more. toweli (talk) 08:42, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. Hi toweli there are also mentions alongside other webcomic collectives in A History of Webcomics (2006) and Webcomics 2.0 (2008) also has a section on webcomics collectives. So combined with the Comics Grid Journal article you found...and possibly others (that don't mention Dayfree Press), my proposed solution as a WP:ATD (if you are interested) would be to create a new "List of webcomic collectives" article (if one doesn't already exist) and redirect Dayfree Press to that one. Happy editing! Cielquiparle (talk) 09:10, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Assuming there are enough sources, that sounds like a good idea and would allow Wikipedia to cover webcomic collectives which have received some coverage, but not enough for a standalone article. toweli (talk) 09:46, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Clear GNG fail, listcruft of something that isn't even a real organisation, it's just a collection of people who stuck weblink advertising on their page. It's been 15 years with zero sourcing. Enough is enough. Time to go. Macktheknifeau (talk) 07:18, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: This book comes up, but I can't open it from my location [2]. I don't see sigcov for this web item. Oaktree b (talk) 12:06, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ideal thing is to create the list article proposed above. For now very short selective merge to Webcomic#Webcomics collectives seems best. Hobit (talk) 18:17, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Star Mississippi 14:23, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dumbrella

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While the webcomics that are part of the alliance are notable, the alliance itself doesn't appear to have received significant coverage in reliable sources; I was only able to find mentions. The article was previously kept at an AfD (well, VfD), but that was back in 2004 when standards were very different. toweli (talk) 10:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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merge to Webcomic#Webcomics collectives seems like the best bet? Hobit (talk) 21:24, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Besides a listing in the colofon of Webcomics (2005), I got nothing. The sources in the article aren't particularly reliable either, so there's nothing for us to say on Dumbrella I'm afraid. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 15:37, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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If we cannot find prose sources on Dumbrella, describing it in the main Webcomic article seems unappropriate to me. I stick with deletion. If we had a List of webcomic collectives article, I suppose a redirect could've worked. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:01, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 23:27, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Triangle and Robert

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I'm not sure if this webcomic is notable. The single reference that's in the article brings up Triangle and Robert a few times ([3]), though Google Books only lets me see snippets, so I can't tell if it's significant coverage or not. It has also been mentioned ([4]) in The Comics Journal, where it even says "This [...] strip is virtually never talked about when Web comics are discussed". The article was previously kept at an AfD, but that was back in 2005 when standards were very different. toweli (talk) 12:17, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Nothing in my literature either, and a google is giving me nothing reliable. There's not much for us to work with here. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 15:41, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete No evidence of notyability. --Altenmann >talk 19:49, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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