Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Student Ghetto (comic strip)

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The result was delete. ST47 (talk) 03:53, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Student Ghetto (comic strip)[edit]

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A seemingly non-notable comic strip from a student newspaper. I have been unable to find any substantial sources on either the comic, its creator, or the compilation book. The only reason I brought this to discussion, rather than simply WP:PRODing it, is because it makes a claim to notability in the awards that it won. Though, I have been unable to find anything corroborating that information. Rorshacma (talk) 18:04, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:31, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections says that a spinoff of the cartoons, Batchelor Party, was syndicated for a while. This is confirmed by entries in Editor & Publisher and The Comics Journal. That's still not much, but shows it goes beyond a local student newspaper. SpinningSpark 10:18, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I actually did see the bit about Bachelor Party, however, my thoughts on that were: 1. That strip, though syndicated, does not seem particularly notable itself. It only ran for a year, and the sources on it pretty much confirm it existed, but don't do much on establishing that it was notable. 2. Even if that strip was determined to be notable, that would only apply to Bachelor Party itself, and that notability would not necessarily extend backwards to the college strip it spun out from. Essentially, notability for Bachelor Party would only justify a potential article on Bachelor Party, but not on Student Ghetto. Rorshacma (talk) 15:42, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:28, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Yes, this appears to have been the student newspaper forerunner of a later strip that was syndicated (also here), but that doesn't cut the mustard re notability. As noted above, an article about Bachelor Party might conceivably be doable, in which case this might be mentioned there; but it's not standalone material. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 20:11, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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