Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lackadaisy (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 02:40, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lackadaisy[edit]

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Sources are all primary or interviews. Won a Web Cartoonist's Choice award, but precedent is that the award is not enough to confer notability (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures). Last AFD in 2007 closed as delete, but comic was less than a year old at the time. In the three years since, I see almost no further notability than was present in 2007. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 23:07, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. This AfD was originally speedy closed, based on the AfD from three years ago. I have discussed this with the closing admin, and received his permission to undelete the article and re-start the AfD. My rationale is this: Though this article was tagged as Delete back in 2007, it seems to have been substantially improved since then. It has doubled in size, and received attention from numerous editors. Awards have been added, and on searching for sources, it would appear that the topic has been covered in third-party international press. Further, it is not strictly a WP:WEB matter anymore, since the webcomic being discussed has now been published in hardcopy as well, and is being carried internationally. Considering these factors, I believe a second AfD discussion is appropriate, to see whether or not the article now meets Wikipedia guidelines. --El on ka 16:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Webcomics-related deletion discussions. —El on ka 16:37, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. —El on ka 16:53, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I would say that the Escapist and .Net magazine refs are enough alone to push it over the edge of notability. Nice improvements to the article (though the characters section might need to be trimmed a bit...) Silver seren^C 18:09, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Winning multiple WCA awards in two years and articles in two notables magazines are enough to establish the notability of this webcomic. --Novil Ariandis (talk) 18:52, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep maybe not a major webcomic, but definately notable. Very talented artist, very detailed artwork.VikÞor | Talk 19:47, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The comic had been linked from several other articles, and all those links got removed when it was SpeedyDeleted yesterday. Anyone who uses the number of other articles that link to it as one of their criteria for notability should take this into account, and if the result of this AfD is Keep, those should be reverted (maybe they should anyway while this AfD is in progress). --mwalimu59 (talk) 21:06, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Silver seren^C 21:33, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The awards section shows enough notability. SteveStrummer (talk) 03:32, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.