Call For Halt To Wikipedia Webcomic Deletions

ObsessiveMathsFreak writes "Howard Tayler, the webcomic artist of Schlock Mercenary fame, is calling on people not to donate money during the latest Wikimedia Foundation fund-raiser. This is to protest the 'notability purges' taking place throughout Wikipedia, where articles are being removed en-masse by what many see as overzealous admins. The webcomic community in particular has long felt slighted by the application of Wikipedia's contentious Notability policy. Wikinews reporters have recently begun investigating this issue, but are the admins listening?"

Re:So what makes your comic so special?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

I got a note from your mom saying I'm notable. But it's not worth anything. She gives it to all the guys.

Re:So what makes your comic so special?

[Anonymous Coward]

perhaps you're right in case of garage bands; but I've seen plenty of pr0nstar bio's queued for deletion just because they were too short. And I mean some well-known stars ... :-)

Re:Admins to blame?

[Gloy]

This is slashdot. Tildes do not work here.

Re:Admins to blame?

[ta bu shi da yu]

I know, I know... force of habit now.

Re:Admins to blame?

[skoaldipper]

Nowadays, my only contribution to Wikipedia is when for kicks I go on and make vandalism so subtle, in an academic field so specialized, that it takes months or years to be undone.

Subtlety? Hmm. I Must try that.

No wonder my interpretation of special relativity [wikipedia.org]

Eazy-E = MC Hammer^2

got corrected so soon.

Re:Troll?

[puppetluva]

People marked it a troll because Slashdot doesn't have an option to mark the posting "not notable".

Re:Feel proud of yourself then?

[Beyond_GoodandEvil]

Wow, crapping all over a free project! What a responsible and mature individual you must be.
Kinda like yelling at someone over the internet.
  Arrogant prat.
Oh, the irony is delicious!