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He recently moved several articles, I think in good faith, but they seem to be an unnecessary step in disambiguation. For example, is Komodo (Marvel Comics) necessary if there is not more than one Komodo (comics)? 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 05:35, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
If anyone had some time to spare, I've had a go at trimming this bloated article down but it still needs more work and better sourcing. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 10:20, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
In the Sentry: Fallen Son one-shot, it was revealed, subtly, that Rogue had previously had some sort of non-specific intimate relationship with the Sentry. Her article currently says this: "Rogue was present at Sentry's funeral, where it was revealed that she had an intimate relationship with him in the past." Another editor changed it to say this. I reverted this, as to me his post looked like original research. The user posted an explanation on my talk page. Does anyone have any further suggestions on how to handle this one? 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 12:33, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
I've removed the templates in question from Green Goblin; feel free to discuss here if there are any objections. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 00:39, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Just a heads up, as you can see if you look at the top of the article, this article needs help badly by someone who is good at improving comic type articles. Thank you! Jhenderson777 ( talk) 18:57, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello.
I encountered a problem with empty spaces in the target address and visibly I am not the only one [3]. Is there somebody who can adjust this problem ?
Thank you in advance-- Crazy runner ( talk) 20:23, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
See here Parrot of Doom 22:38, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
What is the difference between cartoonist and comics artist? Do they not do the same thing on the whole? Jappalang ( talk) 06:02, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Saw that this article was linked to from a few pages so I decided to create the article. There's only one issue out but it's gotten a lot of press and it's by a fairly notable creative team (Bendis and Maleev) so it should satisfy notability requirements.-- CyberGhostface ( talk) 18:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Don't we use the imprint name in the title? So it should be Scarlet (Icon Comics)? Otherwise good job at starting this one up. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 18:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
It has been suggested that all Asgardians are belived to have died in the Ragnarok scenario a few years ago, and that most if not all subsequently returned to life. However, I believe it is Wikipedia policy to confirm all information based on available facts. If a canon source mentions, for example, that a specific character or a list of characters died, then we can accept that. Otherwise, we don't assume that a character whose death was not depicted had died or even was "believed to be dead". I was reverted twice on the articles for Frey, Frigga, Idunn, and Hoder, with an explanatory note left on my talk page. What is the best way to prodeec in this scenario? 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 19:37, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
If nothing is said about the matter in reliable sources then we simply don't mention it. If a reliable source says "believed to be dead", great, if not, we are getting into inference and novel synthesis of existing sources and that's a no-no.-- Cameron Scott ( talk) 19:58, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
I believe I have come up with an acceptable solution to this situation - to state that the race was dead, using the quote Crazy runner provided, but noting that "character X" was not specifically depicted in the comic. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 12:39, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is going on at other pages, but a repeat unregistered user ( 207.81.9.153) has been adding false information to Emma Frost involving a show called Stormhawks again and again. The user was already contacted by -5-, but seems to be persisting. Keep aware if you see edits on other pages by this user. I think after a few times, they can be blocked, correct? Luminum ( talk) 09:39, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
And after looking at their contributions, it seems like the user is arbitrarily adding false information across a ton of animated program pages and comic book characters. Kan it b block timez now pleez? Luminum ( talk) 09:43, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
There is some discussion about the categorization that is done automatically through the template Infobox comics creator at Template talk:Infobox comics creator. More input and opinions are welcome, as this has an impact on many of our articles. Fram ( talk) 07:50, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Can someone help me with the Infobox in the Don Freeman article? It's causing broken template tags to show up at the top of the article, and I don't know how to fix it. Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 18:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
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I am new to the WPC group and not sure that I have posted my request in the right places. I would welcome constructive feedback and input on my recently created article on " Harris Levey" (1940's DC Comics Artist: Air Wave, Lando, Tarantula and others). If this is no tthe right place to post my request please direct me to the proper place. Thanks for your consideration. Jonathan Levey 21:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Luminum great points and suggestions. I have done this to some extent (used another comic book artist's article as a reference), but I know that my own article needs a great deal more work, and to refer to other articles of a similar nature should be invaluable. I will work more on this article over time. Once again, thanks for for your thoughtful suggestions. Jonathan Levey 23:31, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
I have an origianl ink illustration of Tarantula that is dated and copyrighted April 24, 1941 and signed by "Leland Harris" (aka Lee Harris / Harris Levey). The images are striking and the storyline seems to set the stage for Tarantau's very first appearance in DC. Not sure if this artwork ever went to print. Please advise where I might post for further discussion.
Thanks again, Luminum --once more, you make excellent points. I am not even certain --perhaps this page "did" go to print. I know that, back in the early 1960's, my dad (Harris Levey) "did" show me much larger original ink prints that he had kept (approx. 2.5 ft. high by 2ft across) of Air Wave, Tarantula, and Lando Man of Magic, and he would explain to me how he had "created" (thought up) and drawn the original designs, then colored them, while he worked in team with writers to put the his illustrations and storyline together into a finished piece. He also said he did the illustrations of several Batman, superman and the other DC characters, although he could never sign these since he was not the creator of the character. Unfortunately, much of his artwork and these early comics have been lost, save for a handful of original color pages of Air Wave that are blank on one side. However, I still have one original Batman Vs. the Joker issue (issue #62 April 1942), and I seem to recall that was one of the covers (and inside stories) that he might have drawn --along with his Air Wave character of course, that accompanied these cover stories. As for the original ink page of Tarantula that I have, I could scan and upload the drawing onto the Wiki Tarantula page,along with posting the text that is in this picture, word-for-word. But not sure if that is the next best step. If you and/or other Comic experts can provide some suggestions, please do. Perhaps I should post it on the WCP site first, for others to comment and provide their sage input and suggestions. Please advise. Jonathan Levey 23:52, 2 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanlevey ( talk • contribs)
Dear Luminum and other WCP members... Where/how do I do an extensive search on wiki to find a source that discusses the origins of Tarantula? And how do I start a discussion in the WCP section that discusses the influence that the original Tarantula might have had on Stan Lee's 1960's creation of Spiderman? For example, it is clear that the original (circa 1941)Tarantula did not have superpowers, but "could" scale up the sides of buildings,shoot nets of spider-like webbing to capture crooks.
If possible, perhaps you can help me to get these two discussions started (if they do not already exist) my posting them yourself for me, then I could join in the discussions? But please be sure to direct me to these discussion page by providing the exact link. I am still relatively new to wikipedia and I feel a bit "lost" here in the WCP site at this point. Many thanks for your further consideration and extra efforts. :) Jonathan Levey 01:05, 3 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanlevey ( talk • contribs)
Thanks for this important perspective and differentiation, Luminum --between wiki comic participant WCP) forums and external comic book forums. I really mis-understood the mission and the spirit of the Wikipedia Comics participants group. I thought it was there for such discussions. Are you a Golden Age comics buff or expert yourself and that's why you found my post on this forum (this forumis for those with knowledge and interest in the comics... isn't it)? If so, can you post an external link that would take me to such a knowledgeable forum? Jonathan Levey 02:04, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
BTW, I did sign off properly above, with the four consecutive tildas, didn't I? Or am I neglecting to do something for proper sign-off? Jonathan Levey 02:04, 3 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanlevey ( talk • contribs)
A good starting place for finding sources would be Google Book [7] and Google Scholar [8] but it could take some digging and thinking around the problem - perhaps an in-depth history on Spider-Man might discuss the possible influences. We have always got to make sure our sources are reliable and avoid original research - something may be obvious to us but Wikipedia isn't about what you know it is about what you can prove.
You can drop a note into the Spider-Man and Tarantula talk pages asking if anyone knows of any useful references but, unless you get lucky, you are probably going to have to do most of the spadework yourself (unless you are looking for a specific article in a scientific journal or something in a book someone has listed at WP:CMC/BOOKS, as some people can get access to the trickier sources). If you are looking for forums to discuss such matters then just Google it up, you might want to try a general forum (like the one attached to Comic Book Resources) or search out one that has more of a focus on Golden or Silver Age history. Have a look around and see what suits. ( Emperor ( talk) 03:05, 3 August 2010 (UTC))
Excellent suggestions Emperor. Many thanks. Jonathan Levey 03:33, 3 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanlevey ( talk • contribs)
I gathered up some sources for the webcomic Awkward Zombie. Is it enough to establish notablity? Note that I would fix it up and make it an actual article before putting it in the mainspace. Blake ( Talk· Edits) 01:35, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Or, you know, some of you could fix it up. I don't do much stuff like this. I do things like Charizard. Blake ( Talk· Edits) 01:44, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
[9] [10] I really think this user wants to make the Tea Party come out looking like the "winner" in this situation. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 11:31, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
The He-man comic title has changed was the old title valid see the new title Masters of the Universe (comic book) Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:30, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen timeline (2nd nomination)
[11] - in case anyone wants to discuss or monitor this phenomena. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 03:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Like most Wikipedia editors, I have strived to make the articles I edit as accurate as possible. Unfortunately, user Pun Fan has apparently claimed ownership of the article List of The Punisher comics, because he refuses to accept any edits he does not agree with. This has resulted in an edit war, and when I tried to politely bring this to his attention, he resorted to personal attacks, both in his edit summaries, and on his talk page, where he has since deleted my attempts at discussion. This is the only article this editor has ever worked on, and he has changed the title of the article twice without consensus, to suit his POV. [12] [13] Please help! Fortdj33 ( talk) 02:04, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering if its prudent to add these sources [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] to Malibu Comics Dwanyewest ( talk) 22:22, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
An template about a comic book character is being nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 August 19. Jhenderson777 ( talk) 21:09, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
There is currently an RfC running at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (biographies) regarding if it is proper or not to apply the MoS requirements for full names of real people to be included in the lead for biography articles to articles on characters in works of fiction. While the kick off point was Buffy Summers, the discusion does affect a lot of articles that this project keeps an eye on.
It may be worth everyone while to at least look over the RfC.
- J Greb ( talk) 19:06, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
This article was moved from Punisher to The Punisher. Not sure what the consensus for this move is. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 01:51, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
I need a few people to take a look at Hell (DC Comics) in order to halt further disruptive edits from Scottandrewhutchins. He asked for a definitive proof of the split between the DC Comics and Vertigo Comics versions of Hell, this proof was provided, and yet he still wants to make regressive edits to the page. I need someone to mediate this dispute. -- Xero ( talk) 16:58, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
(Cross posting a similar comment to talk|history|links|watch|logs) )
As having been asked for a 3rd party look, I've got real concerns about what is happening with this article. These brake down into:
Right now my suggestions would be:
- J Greb ( talk) 00:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
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Anyone able to find the origins to the references mentioned here -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 15:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Joker (comics) is in pretty poor shape. I was planning to try tackling a rewrite. I'd welcome help. Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando ( talk) 16:11, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
It reads like a bad fansite. There's lots of past tense in story summaries, a great deal of story summary, little context for what story was published where, it freely mixes in-universe reasoning with out-of-universe reasoning, the article constantly uses terrible sources (particularly IGN)...
It's in such bad shape I'm not clear on where to start. Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando ( talk) 03:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
I think Miyamoto Usagi should be split as there is sufficient third person sources to justify a solo article. Dwanyewest ( talk) 00:31, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
It's all completely in-universe, so it needs cleaning up before it's moved. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 11:37, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
It's been my impression that IMDB is considered an unreliable source. Am I wrong about this? If I have heard correctly, then are there still circumstances in which it can be used? [28] 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 11:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
They are reliable for a few things, but it's doubtful that's what they're being used for in this case. Some of their "writer" credits (but not most) are provided by the WGA, for instance. - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) 02:18, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
I seldom post these, but this caught my attention, as an AfD. There are questions regarding notability, which currently seem substantiated. Some sourcing and references could help this article a lot. Regardless, I assume there are those out there, like myself, who would like to take a closer look at this article. - Sharp962 ( talk) 22:14, 1 September 2010 (UTC).
Hi, I was wondering what is the concensus for the formatting of the names of comic strips. Is it "Peanuts", Peanuts, or Peanuts when we refer to the series of cartoons that ran under the name? Roy of the Rovers and Alley Oop run it plain, Krazy Kat and The Adventures of Tintin are in italics, and I have seen strip titles enclosed in quotes in several academic publications. Jappalang ( talk) 02:04, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I've seen this one repeatedly added to the article, but never with a source. Is this one considered a reliable source this time? [30] 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 12:19, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
So, if the sources recently added to this section are not reliable, would it be OK then to remove the info? 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 03:47, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
I decided to read the sources used, so that I would have a better understanding of what they are saying. In the "Audio/Video Revolution" link, the author says only this about the situation: "his father who has, improbably, become a well-known Marvel super-villain, the Absorbing Man (though that term isn’t used)", which indicates to me that the author is aware that he is the one making the supposition that the Hulk's father "became the Absorbing Man", and that the film itself does no such thing. "The Film Journal" simply refers to the character outright as the Absorbing Man multiple times, with no explanation offered as to how the author came to that conclusion. Therefore, I think it would be fair to say that "Alhough the name Aborbing Man isn't used in the film, some reviewers have suggested that his powers were combined into the character of Dr. David Banner." 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 11:33, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Awhile back, when we were discussing the formation of the project's workgroups, we offered to bring several existing Wikiprojects in as workgroups. Most did, but WikiProject Superman was one that didn't at that time.
The main concern mentioned at WikiProject Superman was that Superman is more than just in comics. But with this WikiProject having since broadened its coverage to include comics characters "in other media" as well, that wouldn't seem to be an issue now.
And now, WikiProject Superman appears largely inactive.
So does anyone have any thoughts/concerns about this becoming a workgroup? (If nothing else, as a way to better foster collaboration.) - jc37 20:27, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Guess which article is finally going to be tomorrow's TFA. ;) BOZ ( talk) 04:16, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
We've been having issues with editors changing things like colours because "they look cool" and other aesthetics. (Which is counter to WP:ACCESS.)
To try to help inform, User:J Greb has listed the information in a guideline/MoS page.
Please check it out, and also, of course, thoughts/concerns, welcome. - jc37 05:28, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
The article on cartoonist Francis Bonnet has been tagged as an unreferenced BLP since May 2008 (which is the current focus month for the Unreferenced BLP Rescue Project). There's also a "notability" tag from the same date. The original editor's only contribution to Wikipedia is this article and the last contribution was back in 2008. There are ELs but without any specialist knowledge, it is difficult to judge whether they could count as RS or not (I don't see them in your list) and whether they help with the question about the subject's notability or not. I'm posting here in case someone in this project might like to take an interest.-- Plad2 ( talk) 06:55, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
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This has been a recurring issue at Captain America: The First Avenger. It appears that the site ComicBookMovie.com gets its content almost entirely from non-professional reader submissions. This makes it no different than a forum that posts fan snapshots of movie locales or gives "news" that may or may not be accurate. The site even runs a disclaimer that these are reader postings and that the site isn't liable for inaccurate or libelous news posted there!
Forum postings, no matter how they're clothed, are not reliable sources by Wikipedia definition, and ComicBookMovie.com reader-submitted posts cannot be allowed as reference citations. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 21:32, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
All the articles I clicked on had this disclaimer This article was submitted by a volunteer contributor who has agreed to our code of conduct. ComicBookMovie.com is protected from liability under "safe harbor" provisions and will disable users who knowingly commit plagiarism, piracy or copyright infringement. For expeditious removal of copyrighted material, contact us HERE. - certainly not reliable. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 15:50, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
This discussion may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 14:31, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
This IP seems to be inserting WP:OR into the lead of a bunch of character articles. Could someone take a look and see if this is OK or not? 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 01:22, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Is this a vandalism-only account? [32] 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 17:37, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Your thoughts would be welcome. - jc37 00:26, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
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I took a few minutes to gleen through Wikipedia:Database reports/Pages containing an unusually high number of non-free files and found several article from this project.
While clearly this project may find itself using more non-free images than others, many of comic articles on the list could be trimmed to better reflect 'minimal use.'
I've tagged Supergirl, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Flash (Barry Allen), Spider-Man's powers and equipment, Doom Patrol, Robin (comics), Hawkman, Aquaman, Barbara Gordon. Two-Face, Black Mask (comics), Brainiac (comics), Nightwing, Symbiote (comics), Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Power ring (DC Comics). All of which have 9 or more non-free images.
If some could go through and trim the number of images, or at least provide discussion on which images should stay go, it would be a great help. - Sharp962 ( talk) 19:16, 21 September 2010 (UTC).
Hi. Is it ok to add stuff about Japanese comics and comics from other countries to the years in comics articles? I'm asking because most only mention American comics. Cattus talk 16:36, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I have put up Lat, an article on a Malaysian cartoonist, to be assessed as a possible Featured Article. I encourage the members of this WikiProject to read the article and leave comments on its suitability to be an FA, based on WP:WIAFA, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lat/archive1. Any suggestions to further improve the article towards that goal are appreciated as well. Thank you. Jappalang ( talk) 06:49, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
I have posted a question for debate about the arrangement of the Template:Marvel events in its talk page. Please make comments there. Thank you. Spidey 104 contribs 14:19, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
There has been a minor edit debate (I wouldn't call it an edit war yet) between myself and Xero over whether to include "As seen in" in the references. He wants to include that statement in all references and I think it is redundant to include that, because the entire point of the reference system is that it shows where that statement was seen, therefore there is no reason to include "As seen in" within the reference. J Greb has supported me in the one instance that he observed. I have not changed back the edits of Xero that I believe to be incorrect because I wanted to bring it to a discussion here first. The articles (that I know of) where this is a problem are Hell (DC Comics), Atlantis (DC Comics), Merlin (DC Comics), and Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics). Should references include the phrase "As seen in" or not? Spidey 104 contribs 13:25, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Due to J Greb reverting my edits. I have come to discuss this here even though it has been discussed here before more than once even though that thread is dead. Although the only reason why he wants it to be discussed is to oppose it and state his own opinions. The opinion of mine supported by User:Emperor's original opinion and is to have an article of Norman Osborn on his own and the article Green Goblin as the set index since the Green Goblin is an alias of more than one person. The way they have it right now it's like Norman Osborn as the only Green Goblin. That is misleading, might as well change the name to Norman Osborn becuase that's what the article is all about. The article Green Goblin should be used as a set index of whoever used that identity much like Spider-Woman and Beetle (comics). An article named Green Goblin (set index) is so unnecessary when it can be used on the Green Goblin article. And since Norman Osborn has used different identities such as Iron Patriot and others have used the Green Goblin identity, he should have his own article like Eddie Brock. He also complained that I cut and paste, I only pasted particular sections in one particular article, the articles weren't similiar to each other at all. Although my opinions don't matter much becuase J Greb has always acted like he is in charge of these kind of articles. And however he wants it, it goes. Sorry J Greb for me making a stupid edit and please by all means explain why it shouldn't have been done that way like you always do. − Jhenderson 777 18:29, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
I concur. When creating the section #Volume & Issue, that was part of my point. − Jhenderson 777 17:59, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Something that should be mulled over is WP:COMMONNAME, which in some regards supersedes our project level naming conventions. The point of it being that articles use the most common title a general reader would use. In the case of the character Norman Osborn, that is likely to be "Green Goblin". The converse, a general reader looking for Green Goblin is likely looking for the Osborn version, also holds. COMMONNAME holds that the current article titles - Green Goblin solely focused on Osborn, Norman Osborn as a redirect, and Green Goblin (set index) as a dab page - are correct, even if a comics centered POV would argue for different titles. This really is a case of stepping back from our own focused view of things and it does impact more articles than just this one.
As far as moving articles, if it were to come to it, Green Goblin would need to be moved, not just cut-n-pasted, since the article, in total, focuses on Norman. Additional notes have been dropped at Talk:Green Goblin as to other options for reducing the file size of the article and re-integration the plot dump history article.
- J Greb ( talk) 20:39, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
How is this for compromise? Move all info about other Goblins to Green Goblin (set index). Change the focus of Green Goblin to be solely about Norman Osborn and add the following hatnote;
-- TriiipleThreat ( talk) 15:40, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
I am a little annoyed at volume and issue used as sources. Not counting Template:Cite comic which is horribly underused in some articles. And here's why. Due to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) we are not supposed to write a character biography in a in universe matter. Yet what are we doing when we are using it as a reference of a plot instead of claiming what issue or volume it is in the article itself. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)#Plot Summary. An unfortunate thing about most comic book articles unfortunately, it seems that the majority of fictional character biographies are in universe. What do you think about this and what should be done about it? Jhenderson 777 19:38, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
[Fox, Gardner F. (w), Mike Sekowsky (p), and Bernard Sachs (i).] "The Wheel of Misfortune." Justice League of America #6 (Aug.-Sep. 1961), National Comics Publications [DC Comics].
{{Cite comic}}
generates:
Comics are not always periodicals. Why do you applied a rule for periodicals ? Futhermore you use two different notations inside the same article. 81.220.85.116 ( talk) 08:39, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Ridiculously long plot summary for a section where the stories only began just a few months ago... 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 17:34, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
The following articles/characters who appeared in Transformers comics have been nominated for deletion recently.
(timestamp for rchiving purposes Fram ( talk) 07:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC))
I just finished the merge of the Superman WikiProject to be a workgroup here. So those interested in it are welcome to sign up.
I'm looking for volunteers to go through Category:WikiProject Superman articles to make the change ot the talkpages of these articles.
Essentially, you'd be removing the transclusion of Template:WikiProject Superman. And adding |Superman-work-group=yes to the comics template. See talk:Superman and talk:Clark Kent for examples.
If there is a difference of opinion between the assessments of the article (for example, one's a B and one's a C) then use your best judgement, and please read Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Assessment/B-class FAQ before starting.
Thanks in advance : ) - jc37 16:52, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
As I was doing the Superman merge, I discovered that the Spider-man articles do not seem to have added |Spider-man-work-group=yes to the comics wikiproject template. (I think someone had tried to do so with talk:Spider-Man, but I'm not sure if they understood the syntax - or perhaps I don't fully : )
So if anyone would like to help with this (and check the assessments while you're at it), that would be great! - jc37 16:52, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Can someone get to grips with this editor? Many of his contributions seem to actively degrade the quality of articles - this morning, I noticed that he's removed sourced content on the rationale behind the creation of Doctor Doom to replace it with in-universe waffle. While we have to deal with IP and novice editors who don't understand our MOS, an editor who has been here as long as this guy should now have some grasp of what we actually are suppose to be doing? -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 14:18, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Well that's why I bring it here, I'm not much of a mentor - someone else would be better suited to explaining it to him.-- Cameron Scott ( talk) 06:36, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Posting this here in case anyone wants to get involved with the prematurely closed FAC for Thrud the Barbarian. Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Thrud_the_Barbarian_at_FAC. GDallimore ( Talk) 10:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
This article could use some real world perspective. I think a good place to start might be the section labeled "controversy" (especially since, in light of the writer's comments, it really isn't controversy.)
If you're fluent in LGBT issues in fiction/comics, that would likely be a plus. - jc37 17:52, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Hoping for additional eyes on Symbiote (comics). There is some disagreement regarding content issues for the article and some other vested editors would be appreciated. - Sharp962 ( talk) 13:12, 6 October 2010 (UTC).
An IP editor (who presumably later got an account) has been edit warring over this [34], and on other articles as well, removing the word "superhero" from the lead. What are your opinions? 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 15:16, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Apparently, this editor also believes that Henry Pym is not a superhero. [35] 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 11:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Would it not at least be safe to say that Henry Pym is a superhero? [38] 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 15:39, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Unlike "anti-heroe", which may be an opinion, "superheroe" is more than a type of stock character, it's a trademark owned by DC and Marvel. Does the trademark include a description or definition of what constitutes a superheroe? MBelgrano ( talk) 01:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
On the French Wikipedia they have fr:Projet:Tintin?
Would anyone be interested in starting a task force or a WikiProject about Tintin? WhisperToMe ( talk) 14:12, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
PLEASE NOTE: This discussion has been moved here. Please continue to discuss the matter there. Project talk pages are not the appropriate place to have this kind of discussion. Friginator ( talk) 16:49, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
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I just wanted to bring this problem to everyone's attention so that we can hopefully have a quick and positive solution to this situation. Thanks!
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I feel I provided enough independent information to justify Miyamoto Usagi been split as a solo article. Can someone explain why this is so. Dwanyewest ( talk) 18:45, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Not sure of the notability of comic book characters maybe someone could have a look at the abopve article at present it is completely unsourced. Mo ainm ~Talk 20:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I was working on sourcing Mike Dringenberg, but I ran out of time and have to go. Could anyone take a look and see if you can add any more citations? Thanks. 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 23:31, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
This is a persistent issue on comics pages, & IMO needs answering. The debut dates are listed by month, but it's unclear if that's the cover date (as it appears) or actual month of year (which is how it's usually presented). Most casual readers won't even know there is a difference, so it bears clarification. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 02:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
There is a note on the Deadpool page under the film section about not adding "he breaks the fourth wall" at the end of the film. This user argues that there is no consensus to not add the line, and that a hidden note has no authority. What exactly is the consensus on adding this line? 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 12:27, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Our Gang for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. GamerPro64 ( talk) 17:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick ( talk) 20:44, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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Might want to keep an eye on this article, as the old stuff has been recurring again. Just no Asgardian this time. 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 18:45, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
He's a major comics creator, yet the Kyle Baker article could use some work. A self-described friend of Baker's family has been making a number of edits that violate several policies and guidelines (see details here), but he's correct in that the article needs improvement. I'll work on it, and hopefully other WPC volunteers will as well! -- Tenebrae ( talk) 01:24, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Is this worth mentioning? [42] 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 19:46, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Please contribute on a consensus on whether or not the Fictional history of Green Goblin should be merged or not. You can discuss here or here. − Jhenderson 777 16:25, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Update: It's being nominated for deletion here. − Jhenderson 777 16:29, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
There is at the moment an exposition of originals by fifty European comics creators at the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art titled "Treasures of the European comics". All of these authors are undoubtedly notable, but we don't have articles on some of them yet. If anyone feels an irresistible horror vacui, here is your chance! Marino Benejam, Spanish author; Christian Binet, French; Christophe Blain, French; Alexandru Ciubotariu, Romanian; Cosey, Swiss; Denis Deprez, Belgian; Louis Forton, French; Joanna Hellgren, Swedish; Jaromír Švejdík, Czech; Peter Madsen (cartoonist), Danish author of Valhalla (comics); Puiu Manu, Romanian; Ruben Pellejero, Spanish; Ville Ranta, Finnish; Sylvain Savoia, French; Raoul Thomen, Belgian/French; or in total 15 authors of the 50 highlighted, from all corners of Europe. Fram ( talk) 12:48, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
I was trying to improve the article for the annual comic book Transformers: Timelines made by Fun Publications. If anyone can offer help or advice, I'd appreciate it. Mathewignash ( talk) 23:40, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
FYI. postdlf ( talk) 14:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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Miyamoto Usagi and Usagi Yojimbo I have provided sources but I feel articles need massive improvement. Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:22, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
This user keeps inserting this sort of thing. I have explained that this statement appears to be WP:OR, but they keep putting it back in. Is that original research, or am I off-base? 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 15:42, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Vandalism is not the only type of activity that warrants blocks. Repeated violations of any policy, and the refusal to heed warnings regarding such violations, are blockable. Nightscream ( talk) 00:39, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Brian Boru is awesome editor has been removing information from the infobox on Wiccan (comics), Patriot (comics), Hulkling, Vision (Marvel Comics), and Hawkeye (Kate Bishop). I reverted him the first time, explaining that the information (to my understanding) was accurate. He reverted with no explanation. I reverted back stating "please explain this removal". He reverted most of them back with no explanation again, except for Hulkling on which he only said "doesn't even have the list anymore", which I took to mean that the Civil War article does not have a list of members of Captain America's first Secret Avengers team. So I reverted them back once more, stating on Hulkling "thanks for an explanation, but an article not having a list doesn't mean it's not still true". He reverted them all back, again with no explanation. It's been my observation that this sort of interaction is common for him - that is, taking an action without explainaing himself, and when reverted, he reverts back without an explanation. I'm not going to edit war about this, but it would be nice to see what other opinions there are on this. 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 18:17, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
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I proposed to change the scope of the graphic novel list template to allow other book series as well. the discussion is here Template talk:Graphic novel list#Change the scope of this template? and i hope some would participate. Bread Ninja ( talk) 07:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Recently War Machine in other media was split off of War Machine. The initial state of the IOM article was this. The article has been copyedited down by ~15% of it's file size. The changes included tone/content for the TV and film sections as well as simplification of the toy and game lists.
I'm wondering if this is a desierable state for these types of articles, and possibly sections, and if work should be started to clean up the other 36 IOM articles.
- J Greb ( talk) 19:09, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
The worst part about "in other media" sections is how people often render them as needlessly-small sections filled with bulleted lists. Brilliant prose, people. WesleyDodds ( talk) 08:56, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
I've come to note another problem that plagues "in other media" sections/pages: people love to give plot summaries. Plot summaries are acceptable in articles specifically devoted to a story. They shouldn't be part of any other sort of article. Instead of "here's what War machine did in this five-second cameo", the focus should be on why the character was included, who portrayed the character, and if any reliable secondary sources discussed the appearance. WesleyDodds ( talk) 06:40, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Would anyone mind stepping in and seeing if they can rein this madness in, yet again? I get a headache looking at the edit history of this article. 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 20:48, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Just to put you guys on notice, but apparently Myung hee ( talk · contribs) has created an article about Simon Sues, which is a comic he created. This article needs an independent review for notability and a massive amount of cleanup. — Farix ( t | c) 21:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
I reverted them, but please keep an eye out for Missspeled ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and Nabrothers ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), and the IP 115.147.231.105 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 13:12, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
A disagreement has arisen over which of two photos would be better as the main Infobox image for the Ben Templesmith article. Can interested editors participate in this discussion? Thanks, and Happy Holidays. Nightscream ( talk) 04:43, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
I think we should be able to cite the Official Index to the Marvel Universe as a secondary source. Unlike the in-universe Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, the Index is written entirely in an out-universe perspective. For those of you unfamiliar with it, or who don't read it and haven't seen its interiors, this is Page 1 of issue #7 of the Avengers, Thor & Captain America series, which is the one currently being published now. Thoughts? Nightscream ( talk) 18:35, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Anything published by Marvel is a primary source, in-story or not. So that would be a no. WesleyDodds ( talk) 05:54, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Primary sources are very close to an event, often accounts written by people who are directly involved, offering an insider's view of an event, a period of history, a work of art, a political decision, and so on. An account of a traffic accident written by a witness is a primary source of information about the accident; similarly, a scientific paper is a primary source about the experiments performed by the authors. Historical documents such as diaries are primary sources.
Primary sources that have been reliably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them. Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation. A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements that any educated person, with access to the source but without specialist knowledge, will be able to verify are supported by the source. For example, an article about a novel may cite passages to describe the plot, but any interpretation needs a secondary source. Do not make analytic, synthetic, interpretive, explanatory, or evaluative claims about material found in a primary source. Do not base articles entirely on primary sources.
In the first place, I think the Index should be used for Verifiability, not Notability. Second, objectivity is really only relevant to the issue of primary sources or self-published sources where it concerns Conflicts of Interest, or material that may be self-serving. As it states at WP:SELFPUB:
It is for this reason that there is nothing wrong with using a press release about straightforward, factual information, but inadvisable if the material is overly promotional, self-serving, self-aggrandizing, etc. I've used plenty of Peter David's "But I Digress..." columns to source material on his personal life or personal viewpoints, but when I overhauled his article in April of last year, I removed the section on the Awards he won entirely from the article, and didn't restore it until I found sources independent of him to support it. As it pertains to the Index, there is nothing in them that is unduly self-serving, promotional, or interpretive. Using it shouldn't violate any policy or guideline. I mean, if it says "This character appeared in this book, numbered this issue, which was published in this year", how is this inappropriate?
As for J Greb's question of Jean Grey: This is how the Guest Stars and Supporting Characters info for X-Men #101 is given:
To clarify "chr" means "chronologically" and "CX" means Classic X-Men. As you can see, it identifies Phoenix, but provides a note stating it was an impersonator, and the real Jean Grey would not appear again until 1986. I do not know what the forward slashes mean, as when it says, "X #8/2". Nightscream ( talk) 11:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
I have to admit, I completely baffled by some of the statements here. If a company publishes an index of so much detailed information regarding appearances and credits of its characters, so that we know Character X first appeared in Book #Y, then how is that not a reliable source?
Wesley, you say the only useful OOU info is credits, So? Isn't this a recurring bit of information in comics articles? I don't know what type of info you think a valid source has to have, but I brought up the Index precisely for such info. What's wrong with things like credits, and as Luminum suggests, appearance histories? Again, the relevant policies say that sources like this can be used in conjunction with other sources. So why can't the Index be used to supplement information, particularly of a non-controversial nature? And in the case of controversial material, we can either abstain from using it, or make sure to use it only to note Marvel's position on the matter, for example: "Marvel's Index lists only Leo Prometheo in the credits,[cite issue] though in an interview in the December 1973 issue of Generic Comic Magazine, journalist Alan Smithee insisted artist Jacob Hackrender did uncredited backgrounds for that issue, and contributed to the creation of Captain Cashcow[cite]...") I'm not seeing what the problem is.
Luminum, maybe I'm not understanding you, but how are the retcons not being addressed, given that Index addresses the Jean Grey retcon, as indicated above? And what do you mean it doesn't contribute more than what is already used? What does "what is already used" refer to?
Also, you say, "I look at the issues to verify that at the time." The whole point of using reference sources like the Index is for when you don't have the original issues, as I mentioned above with the example of Action Comics #1. Are you saying that to write material on X-Men #1, I have to go out and buy a copy of the original comic? Nightscream ( talk) 21:47, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm inclined to think of it as a primary source rather than a secondary source for the reasons which others have mentioned above. If the Index is being used as a reference for uncontroversial, real world facts, I don't see any problem with that. However, I'm loathe to see it used to support arguments about in-universe events (not that this would ever happen). As always, we should do what is best suited to a particular situation. -- GentlemanGhost ( talk) 02:44, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Then I think we're mostly in agreement. We should be able to use it for appearances and character histories, but not controversial material or material pertaining to editorial decisions like retcons, at least without discussion, and/or in conjunction with other sources that have more out-universe detail on those things. Thanks to all of you for participating. :-) Nightscream ( talk) 12:22, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
For non-contentious, self-promotional or contentious matters, a publisher is would obviously be presumed to be a reliable source for their own published works. Nightscream ( talk) 04:43, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Fictional history of Wolverine and Fictional history of Spider-Man have been nominated for AFD. 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 04:54, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
There has been a recently proposed merging of Spider-Man's costumes into the main Spider-Man article. Since Spider-Man is such a well known (and presumably frequently visited article) I thought many editors here would want to post their opinion. Place comments in the discussion here. Spidey 104 02:45, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Howdy. I've proposed removing a fair amount of content from that article at its talk page, and I figured someone might want to weigh in. I'm going to wait a few days for responses before I act on it, so if anybody's interested in sourcing and helping to improve that material, please speak up. -- Moralis ( talk) 09:26, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
For the page One-Above-All. I think that it turned quite biased, which caused a bit of an almost-edit-war situation; and User:BOZ suggested that I should go here and ask if anybody here would be interested in making an evaluation if I had the right impression, or if it was simply my own bias making me overreact?
Regardless, I simply want somebody with a neutral objective analytical mind (and greater efficiency and energy than myself) to put a conclusive end to this, without any necessary further involvement on my part (or the other user for that matter). Thanks in advance for any help. Dave ( talk) 04:54, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
It may be better to add a new section (with an out-of-universe perspective, of course) at Portrayals of God in popular media, and mention the way Marvel (and DC as well) handled the way of incorporating "God" into their fictional universes, or God-related topics (such as omnipotence, the origin of the universe, the afterlife, etc). By not pretending those God references to be about a same "character", most original research would be fixed MBelgrano ( talk) 13:36, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Building tangentially upon the above, it seems like the involved other party User:Aidoflight may have a similar tendency to turn certain articles that he is involved in into (inherent strong pro-torture implications, which is the part that I'm extremely uncomfortable with) religious propaganda. At the very least I noticed the same type of sentiments that characterise his style in Chaos War (comics); and his "mission statement" and recent talk page history, makes him sound a bit suspicious (After skimming the profile of another "Chaos War" editor, ( User:Spidey104#What_Wikipedia_is_for) in conjunction, I came to think of those Conservapedia people, but it was most likely just an unfortunate happenstance combination). Regardless, has anybody else had any experiences with him? Dave ( talk) 16:43, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Here's something unique: not only does The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen timeline primarily consist of in-universe info drawn from the comics, but it synthesizes the original primary sources Alan Moore drew inspiration from into the timeline. WesleyDodds ( talk) 07:06, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
The body of the article says that he was introduced in February 1940 in Detective Comics #36, the infobox says the same but that the issue was in Winter 1940. Can someone reconcile the differences? A comic published monthly starting in in March 1937 would suggest a date of March 1940 or thereabouts for its 36th issue, but I cannot be sure. hbdragon88 ( talk) 06:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Now that the Fictional history of Spider-Man article has been deleted I think it is a good time to bring back up this old debate, and hopefully settle the debate once and for all. In comic book articles the section that talks about the biography/history of the character has been "Fictional history" and "Fictional character biography" and other options. Currently most articles use "Fictional character biography", but some editors feel that should be changed. Can we finally settle this debate? Spidey 104 16:32, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
I've opened an RFC to determine what the current consensus is on the use of non-free cover images on articles of copyrighted works per current treated of the non-free content criteria policy. The RFC can be found at WT:NFC#Appropriateness of cover images per NFCC#8. -- MASEM ( t) 16:58, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
As above, I much prefer to defuse these things before they have a chance to start, and would appreciate if any levelheaded reliable editors would like to put a final say on the issue of weeding the page. My intermediate starting attempt definitely has its problems, but I think that it is still considerably more concise and to the point than before. Nevertheless, I'm intensely tired of borderline edit wars, or pointless bickering, and there are plenty of people that seem better suited for (best available approximation) neutral evaluation than myself around here. Dave ( talk)
Mark Nelson has recently been expanded; anyone have anything else to add? 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 03:44, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, all! At the talk page for WikiProject Film, I have proposed a films based on comics task force, which would be a collaboration between WikiProject Film and WikiProject Comics. I invite you to join the discussion. The discussion can be found here. Erik ( talk | contribs) 15:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Usage of "The Dark Knight" is under discussion, see Talk:The_Dark_Knight_(film)#Requested_move. 65.93.13.210 ( talk) 06:58, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
There is a suggestion for a split and merge from Redbird (comics) to various articles, as was done with Nightbird and Batgirl's Batcycle, see Talk:Redbird (comics). 65.93.13.210 ( talk) 08:00, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Could cropped sections of the cover of the Marvel Fumetti Book #1 be used for photos of Dave Cockrum, Bill Mantlo, Al Milgrom, and Paul Smith (comics)? These articles are currently lacking photos. Here's the Grand Comics Database scan: [45] I have the original comic if a larger size scan is needed. The reason I'm posting this question is that (1) I haven't uploaded anything to Wikipedia before and am not sure exactly how to handle the "fair use" description and (2) the cropping of the photos is also something that is probably better handled by someone with more experience at such things. Mtminchi08 ( talk) 09:53, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
A minor comment. Just coming over here to ask for more volunteers in the Spider-Man task force here. It would be much appreciated. Thank you. Jhenderson 777 19:08, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
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AGREE: This article is little more than a glorified advertisement. I would agree with deletion. Mtminchi08 ( talk) 04:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I spent a lot of time streamlining the citations for the Jean Grey FCH and cleaning that mess of a section up. It's written in-u, since the Publication History is all Out-of-U. This is an issue I've brought up before with this page: I feel the PH section doubles as a comprehensive and generally concise FCH. However, given the character's massive history with retcons, I figured that if the FCH is to exist, it should be the canonical history, which is separate from the reality of the original PH and retcons. Unfortunately, despite my attempts, the section is still far lengthier than I would like. If another editor can take a look at it, comparing the PH with the FCH and either edit or give me some advice, I'd appreciate it. I'll be revisiting the section periodically to try to cut it down. This is especially of interest to me because of our recent FCH discussion. The article is high importance, and I'd like to get it into some semblance of shape...at least GA. Thanks! Luminum ( talk) 09:44, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
User:Caged halo, and the IP 94.13.205.145 (likely same person) have made hundreds of edits to the article Crossfire (comics) (and a few others) over the past couple of weeks. I keep an eye on a hundred or so comic character articles, and it's just too much for me to keep up with that many edits. I'm sure this user is making good faith contributions, so I'm not questioning that, but if anyone could look over the article(s) to give me a hand, that would be great. 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 15:20, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Keep an eye on this article, as some big (spoiler) news happened with this character starting today. 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 20:51, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
There is a dispute over whether to use the cover date, or the publication date: [46] [47] 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 19:21, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, for once this is actually a "death" that I could see hold out in the long run. Johnny was always the most out-of-place member of the team, and with the original 40s namesake back, he becomes even more muddled. The question is who they will use instead? Simply Franklin and Valeria (Fantastic Five), to keep it more as a family-of-explorers wholeness, or possibly bring in She-Hulk or similar again? Dave ( talk) 19:34, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Any idea what this is all about? 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 06:21, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
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He recently moved several articles, I think in good faith, but they seem to be an unnecessary step in disambiguation. For example, is Komodo (Marvel Comics) necessary if there is not more than one Komodo (comics)? 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 05:35, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
If anyone had some time to spare, I've had a go at trimming this bloated article down but it still needs more work and better sourcing. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 10:20, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
In the Sentry: Fallen Son one-shot, it was revealed, subtly, that Rogue had previously had some sort of non-specific intimate relationship with the Sentry. Her article currently says this: "Rogue was present at Sentry's funeral, where it was revealed that she had an intimate relationship with him in the past." Another editor changed it to say this. I reverted this, as to me his post looked like original research. The user posted an explanation on my talk page. Does anyone have any further suggestions on how to handle this one? 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 12:33, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
I've removed the templates in question from Green Goblin; feel free to discuss here if there are any objections. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 00:39, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Just a heads up, as you can see if you look at the top of the article, this article needs help badly by someone who is good at improving comic type articles. Thank you! Jhenderson777 ( talk) 18:57, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello.
I encountered a problem with empty spaces in the target address and visibly I am not the only one [3]. Is there somebody who can adjust this problem ?
Thank you in advance-- Crazy runner ( talk) 20:23, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
See here Parrot of Doom 22:38, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
What is the difference between cartoonist and comics artist? Do they not do the same thing on the whole? Jappalang ( talk) 06:02, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Saw that this article was linked to from a few pages so I decided to create the article. There's only one issue out but it's gotten a lot of press and it's by a fairly notable creative team (Bendis and Maleev) so it should satisfy notability requirements.-- CyberGhostface ( talk) 18:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Don't we use the imprint name in the title? So it should be Scarlet (Icon Comics)? Otherwise good job at starting this one up. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 18:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
It has been suggested that all Asgardians are belived to have died in the Ragnarok scenario a few years ago, and that most if not all subsequently returned to life. However, I believe it is Wikipedia policy to confirm all information based on available facts. If a canon source mentions, for example, that a specific character or a list of characters died, then we can accept that. Otherwise, we don't assume that a character whose death was not depicted had died or even was "believed to be dead". I was reverted twice on the articles for Frey, Frigga, Idunn, and Hoder, with an explanatory note left on my talk page. What is the best way to prodeec in this scenario? 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 19:37, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
If nothing is said about the matter in reliable sources then we simply don't mention it. If a reliable source says "believed to be dead", great, if not, we are getting into inference and novel synthesis of existing sources and that's a no-no.-- Cameron Scott ( talk) 19:58, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
I believe I have come up with an acceptable solution to this situation - to state that the race was dead, using the quote Crazy runner provided, but noting that "character X" was not specifically depicted in the comic. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 12:39, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is going on at other pages, but a repeat unregistered user ( 207.81.9.153) has been adding false information to Emma Frost involving a show called Stormhawks again and again. The user was already contacted by -5-, but seems to be persisting. Keep aware if you see edits on other pages by this user. I think after a few times, they can be blocked, correct? Luminum ( talk) 09:39, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
And after looking at their contributions, it seems like the user is arbitrarily adding false information across a ton of animated program pages and comic book characters. Kan it b block timez now pleez? Luminum ( talk) 09:43, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
There is some discussion about the categorization that is done automatically through the template Infobox comics creator at Template talk:Infobox comics creator. More input and opinions are welcome, as this has an impact on many of our articles. Fram ( talk) 07:50, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Can someone help me with the Infobox in the Don Freeman article? It's causing broken template tags to show up at the top of the article, and I don't know how to fix it. Thanks. Nightscream ( talk) 18:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
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I am new to the WPC group and not sure that I have posted my request in the right places. I would welcome constructive feedback and input on my recently created article on " Harris Levey" (1940's DC Comics Artist: Air Wave, Lando, Tarantula and others). If this is no tthe right place to post my request please direct me to the proper place. Thanks for your consideration. Jonathan Levey 21:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Luminum great points and suggestions. I have done this to some extent (used another comic book artist's article as a reference), but I know that my own article needs a great deal more work, and to refer to other articles of a similar nature should be invaluable. I will work more on this article over time. Once again, thanks for for your thoughtful suggestions. Jonathan Levey 23:31, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
I have an origianl ink illustration of Tarantula that is dated and copyrighted April 24, 1941 and signed by "Leland Harris" (aka Lee Harris / Harris Levey). The images are striking and the storyline seems to set the stage for Tarantau's very first appearance in DC. Not sure if this artwork ever went to print. Please advise where I might post for further discussion.
Thanks again, Luminum --once more, you make excellent points. I am not even certain --perhaps this page "did" go to print. I know that, back in the early 1960's, my dad (Harris Levey) "did" show me much larger original ink prints that he had kept (approx. 2.5 ft. high by 2ft across) of Air Wave, Tarantula, and Lando Man of Magic, and he would explain to me how he had "created" (thought up) and drawn the original designs, then colored them, while he worked in team with writers to put the his illustrations and storyline together into a finished piece. He also said he did the illustrations of several Batman, superman and the other DC characters, although he could never sign these since he was not the creator of the character. Unfortunately, much of his artwork and these early comics have been lost, save for a handful of original color pages of Air Wave that are blank on one side. However, I still have one original Batman Vs. the Joker issue (issue #62 April 1942), and I seem to recall that was one of the covers (and inside stories) that he might have drawn --along with his Air Wave character of course, that accompanied these cover stories. As for the original ink page of Tarantula that I have, I could scan and upload the drawing onto the Wiki Tarantula page,along with posting the text that is in this picture, word-for-word. But not sure if that is the next best step. If you and/or other Comic experts can provide some suggestions, please do. Perhaps I should post it on the WCP site first, for others to comment and provide their sage input and suggestions. Please advise. Jonathan Levey 23:52, 2 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanlevey ( talk • contribs)
Dear Luminum and other WCP members... Where/how do I do an extensive search on wiki to find a source that discusses the origins of Tarantula? And how do I start a discussion in the WCP section that discusses the influence that the original Tarantula might have had on Stan Lee's 1960's creation of Spiderman? For example, it is clear that the original (circa 1941)Tarantula did not have superpowers, but "could" scale up the sides of buildings,shoot nets of spider-like webbing to capture crooks.
If possible, perhaps you can help me to get these two discussions started (if they do not already exist) my posting them yourself for me, then I could join in the discussions? But please be sure to direct me to these discussion page by providing the exact link. I am still relatively new to wikipedia and I feel a bit "lost" here in the WCP site at this point. Many thanks for your further consideration and extra efforts. :) Jonathan Levey 01:05, 3 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanlevey ( talk • contribs)
Thanks for this important perspective and differentiation, Luminum --between wiki comic participant WCP) forums and external comic book forums. I really mis-understood the mission and the spirit of the Wikipedia Comics participants group. I thought it was there for such discussions. Are you a Golden Age comics buff or expert yourself and that's why you found my post on this forum (this forumis for those with knowledge and interest in the comics... isn't it)? If so, can you post an external link that would take me to such a knowledgeable forum? Jonathan Levey 02:04, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
BTW, I did sign off properly above, with the four consecutive tildas, didn't I? Or am I neglecting to do something for proper sign-off? Jonathan Levey 02:04, 3 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanlevey ( talk • contribs)
A good starting place for finding sources would be Google Book [7] and Google Scholar [8] but it could take some digging and thinking around the problem - perhaps an in-depth history on Spider-Man might discuss the possible influences. We have always got to make sure our sources are reliable and avoid original research - something may be obvious to us but Wikipedia isn't about what you know it is about what you can prove.
You can drop a note into the Spider-Man and Tarantula talk pages asking if anyone knows of any useful references but, unless you get lucky, you are probably going to have to do most of the spadework yourself (unless you are looking for a specific article in a scientific journal or something in a book someone has listed at WP:CMC/BOOKS, as some people can get access to the trickier sources). If you are looking for forums to discuss such matters then just Google it up, you might want to try a general forum (like the one attached to Comic Book Resources) or search out one that has more of a focus on Golden or Silver Age history. Have a look around and see what suits. ( Emperor ( talk) 03:05, 3 August 2010 (UTC))
Excellent suggestions Emperor. Many thanks. Jonathan Levey 03:33, 3 August 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanlevey ( talk • contribs)
I gathered up some sources for the webcomic Awkward Zombie. Is it enough to establish notablity? Note that I would fix it up and make it an actual article before putting it in the mainspace. Blake ( Talk· Edits) 01:35, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Or, you know, some of you could fix it up. I don't do much stuff like this. I do things like Charizard. Blake ( Talk· Edits) 01:44, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
[9] [10] I really think this user wants to make the Tea Party come out looking like the "winner" in this situation. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 11:31, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
The He-man comic title has changed was the old title valid see the new title Masters of the Universe (comic book) Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:30, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen timeline (2nd nomination)
[11] - in case anyone wants to discuss or monitor this phenomena. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 03:28, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Like most Wikipedia editors, I have strived to make the articles I edit as accurate as possible. Unfortunately, user Pun Fan has apparently claimed ownership of the article List of The Punisher comics, because he refuses to accept any edits he does not agree with. This has resulted in an edit war, and when I tried to politely bring this to his attention, he resorted to personal attacks, both in his edit summaries, and on his talk page, where he has since deleted my attempts at discussion. This is the only article this editor has ever worked on, and he has changed the title of the article twice without consensus, to suit his POV. [12] [13] Please help! Fortdj33 ( talk) 02:04, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering if its prudent to add these sources [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] to Malibu Comics Dwanyewest ( talk) 22:22, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
An template about a comic book character is being nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 August 19. Jhenderson777 ( talk) 21:09, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
There is currently an RfC running at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (biographies) regarding if it is proper or not to apply the MoS requirements for full names of real people to be included in the lead for biography articles to articles on characters in works of fiction. While the kick off point was Buffy Summers, the discusion does affect a lot of articles that this project keeps an eye on.
It may be worth everyone while to at least look over the RfC.
- J Greb ( talk) 19:06, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
This article was moved from Punisher to The Punisher. Not sure what the consensus for this move is. 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 01:51, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
I need a few people to take a look at Hell (DC Comics) in order to halt further disruptive edits from Scottandrewhutchins. He asked for a definitive proof of the split between the DC Comics and Vertigo Comics versions of Hell, this proof was provided, and yet he still wants to make regressive edits to the page. I need someone to mediate this dispute. -- Xero ( talk) 16:58, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
(Cross posting a similar comment to talk|history|links|watch|logs) )
As having been asked for a 3rd party look, I've got real concerns about what is happening with this article. These brake down into:
Right now my suggestions would be:
- J Greb ( talk) 00:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
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Anyone able to find the origins to the references mentioned here -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 15:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Joker (comics) is in pretty poor shape. I was planning to try tackling a rewrite. I'd welcome help. Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando ( talk) 16:11, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
It reads like a bad fansite. There's lots of past tense in story summaries, a great deal of story summary, little context for what story was published where, it freely mixes in-universe reasoning with out-of-universe reasoning, the article constantly uses terrible sources (particularly IGN)...
It's in such bad shape I'm not clear on where to start. Desine fata deum flecti sperare precando ( talk) 03:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
I think Miyamoto Usagi should be split as there is sufficient third person sources to justify a solo article. Dwanyewest ( talk) 00:31, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
It's all completely in-universe, so it needs cleaning up before it's moved. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 11:37, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
It's been my impression that IMDB is considered an unreliable source. Am I wrong about this? If I have heard correctly, then are there still circumstances in which it can be used? [28] 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 11:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
They are reliable for a few things, but it's doubtful that's what they're being used for in this case. Some of their "writer" credits (but not most) are provided by the WGA, for instance. - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) 02:18, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
I seldom post these, but this caught my attention, as an AfD. There are questions regarding notability, which currently seem substantiated. Some sourcing and references could help this article a lot. Regardless, I assume there are those out there, like myself, who would like to take a closer look at this article. - Sharp962 ( talk) 22:14, 1 September 2010 (UTC).
Hi, I was wondering what is the concensus for the formatting of the names of comic strips. Is it "Peanuts", Peanuts, or Peanuts when we refer to the series of cartoons that ran under the name? Roy of the Rovers and Alley Oop run it plain, Krazy Kat and The Adventures of Tintin are in italics, and I have seen strip titles enclosed in quotes in several academic publications. Jappalang ( talk) 02:04, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I've seen this one repeatedly added to the article, but never with a source. Is this one considered a reliable source this time? [30] 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 12:19, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
So, if the sources recently added to this section are not reliable, would it be OK then to remove the info? 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 03:47, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
I decided to read the sources used, so that I would have a better understanding of what they are saying. In the "Audio/Video Revolution" link, the author says only this about the situation: "his father who has, improbably, become a well-known Marvel super-villain, the Absorbing Man (though that term isn’t used)", which indicates to me that the author is aware that he is the one making the supposition that the Hulk's father "became the Absorbing Man", and that the film itself does no such thing. "The Film Journal" simply refers to the character outright as the Absorbing Man multiple times, with no explanation offered as to how the author came to that conclusion. Therefore, I think it would be fair to say that "Alhough the name Aborbing Man isn't used in the film, some reviewers have suggested that his powers were combined into the character of Dr. David Banner." 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 11:33, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
Awhile back, when we were discussing the formation of the project's workgroups, we offered to bring several existing Wikiprojects in as workgroups. Most did, but WikiProject Superman was one that didn't at that time.
The main concern mentioned at WikiProject Superman was that Superman is more than just in comics. But with this WikiProject having since broadened its coverage to include comics characters "in other media" as well, that wouldn't seem to be an issue now.
And now, WikiProject Superman appears largely inactive.
So does anyone have any thoughts/concerns about this becoming a workgroup? (If nothing else, as a way to better foster collaboration.) - jc37 20:27, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Guess which article is finally going to be tomorrow's TFA. ;) BOZ ( talk) 04:16, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
We've been having issues with editors changing things like colours because "they look cool" and other aesthetics. (Which is counter to WP:ACCESS.)
To try to help inform, User:J Greb has listed the information in a guideline/MoS page.
Please check it out, and also, of course, thoughts/concerns, welcome. - jc37 05:28, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
The article on cartoonist Francis Bonnet has been tagged as an unreferenced BLP since May 2008 (which is the current focus month for the Unreferenced BLP Rescue Project). There's also a "notability" tag from the same date. The original editor's only contribution to Wikipedia is this article and the last contribution was back in 2008. There are ELs but without any specialist knowledge, it is difficult to judge whether they could count as RS or not (I don't see them in your list) and whether they help with the question about the subject's notability or not. I'm posting here in case someone in this project might like to take an interest.-- Plad2 ( talk) 06:55, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
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This has been a recurring issue at Captain America: The First Avenger. It appears that the site ComicBookMovie.com gets its content almost entirely from non-professional reader submissions. This makes it no different than a forum that posts fan snapshots of movie locales or gives "news" that may or may not be accurate. The site even runs a disclaimer that these are reader postings and that the site isn't liable for inaccurate or libelous news posted there!
Forum postings, no matter how they're clothed, are not reliable sources by Wikipedia definition, and ComicBookMovie.com reader-submitted posts cannot be allowed as reference citations. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 21:32, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
All the articles I clicked on had this disclaimer This article was submitted by a volunteer contributor who has agreed to our code of conduct. ComicBookMovie.com is protected from liability under "safe harbor" provisions and will disable users who knowingly commit plagiarism, piracy or copyright infringement. For expeditious removal of copyrighted material, contact us HERE. - certainly not reliable. -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 15:50, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
This discussion may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 14:31, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
This IP seems to be inserting WP:OR into the lead of a bunch of character articles. Could someone take a look and see if this is OK or not? 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 01:22, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Is this a vandalism-only account? [32] 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 17:37, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
Your thoughts would be welcome. - jc37 00:26, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
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I took a few minutes to gleen through Wikipedia:Database reports/Pages containing an unusually high number of non-free files and found several article from this project.
While clearly this project may find itself using more non-free images than others, many of comic articles on the list could be trimmed to better reflect 'minimal use.'
I've tagged Supergirl, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Flash (Barry Allen), Spider-Man's powers and equipment, Doom Patrol, Robin (comics), Hawkman, Aquaman, Barbara Gordon. Two-Face, Black Mask (comics), Brainiac (comics), Nightwing, Symbiote (comics), Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Power ring (DC Comics). All of which have 9 or more non-free images.
If some could go through and trim the number of images, or at least provide discussion on which images should stay go, it would be a great help. - Sharp962 ( talk) 19:16, 21 September 2010 (UTC).
Hi. Is it ok to add stuff about Japanese comics and comics from other countries to the years in comics articles? I'm asking because most only mention American comics. Cattus talk 16:36, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I have put up Lat, an article on a Malaysian cartoonist, to be assessed as a possible Featured Article. I encourage the members of this WikiProject to read the article and leave comments on its suitability to be an FA, based on WP:WIAFA, at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lat/archive1. Any suggestions to further improve the article towards that goal are appreciated as well. Thank you. Jappalang ( talk) 06:49, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
I have posted a question for debate about the arrangement of the Template:Marvel events in its talk page. Please make comments there. Thank you. Spidey 104 contribs 14:19, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
There has been a minor edit debate (I wouldn't call it an edit war yet) between myself and Xero over whether to include "As seen in" in the references. He wants to include that statement in all references and I think it is redundant to include that, because the entire point of the reference system is that it shows where that statement was seen, therefore there is no reason to include "As seen in" within the reference. J Greb has supported me in the one instance that he observed. I have not changed back the edits of Xero that I believe to be incorrect because I wanted to bring it to a discussion here first. The articles (that I know of) where this is a problem are Hell (DC Comics), Atlantis (DC Comics), Merlin (DC Comics), and Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics). Should references include the phrase "As seen in" or not? Spidey 104 contribs 13:25, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Due to J Greb reverting my edits. I have come to discuss this here even though it has been discussed here before more than once even though that thread is dead. Although the only reason why he wants it to be discussed is to oppose it and state his own opinions. The opinion of mine supported by User:Emperor's original opinion and is to have an article of Norman Osborn on his own and the article Green Goblin as the set index since the Green Goblin is an alias of more than one person. The way they have it right now it's like Norman Osborn as the only Green Goblin. That is misleading, might as well change the name to Norman Osborn becuase that's what the article is all about. The article Green Goblin should be used as a set index of whoever used that identity much like Spider-Woman and Beetle (comics). An article named Green Goblin (set index) is so unnecessary when it can be used on the Green Goblin article. And since Norman Osborn has used different identities such as Iron Patriot and others have used the Green Goblin identity, he should have his own article like Eddie Brock. He also complained that I cut and paste, I only pasted particular sections in one particular article, the articles weren't similiar to each other at all. Although my opinions don't matter much becuase J Greb has always acted like he is in charge of these kind of articles. And however he wants it, it goes. Sorry J Greb for me making a stupid edit and please by all means explain why it shouldn't have been done that way like you always do. − Jhenderson 777 18:29, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
I concur. When creating the section #Volume & Issue, that was part of my point. − Jhenderson 777 17:59, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Something that should be mulled over is WP:COMMONNAME, which in some regards supersedes our project level naming conventions. The point of it being that articles use the most common title a general reader would use. In the case of the character Norman Osborn, that is likely to be "Green Goblin". The converse, a general reader looking for Green Goblin is likely looking for the Osborn version, also holds. COMMONNAME holds that the current article titles - Green Goblin solely focused on Osborn, Norman Osborn as a redirect, and Green Goblin (set index) as a dab page - are correct, even if a comics centered POV would argue for different titles. This really is a case of stepping back from our own focused view of things and it does impact more articles than just this one.
As far as moving articles, if it were to come to it, Green Goblin would need to be moved, not just cut-n-pasted, since the article, in total, focuses on Norman. Additional notes have been dropped at Talk:Green Goblin as to other options for reducing the file size of the article and re-integration the plot dump history article.
- J Greb ( talk) 20:39, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
How is this for compromise? Move all info about other Goblins to Green Goblin (set index). Change the focus of Green Goblin to be solely about Norman Osborn and add the following hatnote;
-- TriiipleThreat ( talk) 15:40, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
I am a little annoyed at volume and issue used as sources. Not counting Template:Cite comic which is horribly underused in some articles. And here's why. Due to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) we are not supposed to write a character biography in a in universe matter. Yet what are we doing when we are using it as a reference of a plot instead of claiming what issue or volume it is in the article itself. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)#Plot Summary. An unfortunate thing about most comic book articles unfortunately, it seems that the majority of fictional character biographies are in universe. What do you think about this and what should be done about it? Jhenderson 777 19:38, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
[Fox, Gardner F. (w), Mike Sekowsky (p), and Bernard Sachs (i).] "The Wheel of Misfortune." Justice League of America #6 (Aug.-Sep. 1961), National Comics Publications [DC Comics].
{{Cite comic}}
generates:
Comics are not always periodicals. Why do you applied a rule for periodicals ? Futhermore you use two different notations inside the same article. 81.220.85.116 ( talk) 08:39, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Ridiculously long plot summary for a section where the stories only began just a few months ago... 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 17:34, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
The following articles/characters who appeared in Transformers comics have been nominated for deletion recently.
(timestamp for rchiving purposes Fram ( talk) 07:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC))
I just finished the merge of the Superman WikiProject to be a workgroup here. So those interested in it are welcome to sign up.
I'm looking for volunteers to go through Category:WikiProject Superman articles to make the change ot the talkpages of these articles.
Essentially, you'd be removing the transclusion of Template:WikiProject Superman. And adding |Superman-work-group=yes to the comics template. See talk:Superman and talk:Clark Kent for examples.
If there is a difference of opinion between the assessments of the article (for example, one's a B and one's a C) then use your best judgement, and please read Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Assessment/B-class FAQ before starting.
Thanks in advance : ) - jc37 16:52, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
As I was doing the Superman merge, I discovered that the Spider-man articles do not seem to have added |Spider-man-work-group=yes to the comics wikiproject template. (I think someone had tried to do so with talk:Spider-Man, but I'm not sure if they understood the syntax - or perhaps I don't fully : )
So if anyone would like to help with this (and check the assessments while you're at it), that would be great! - jc37 16:52, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Can someone get to grips with this editor? Many of his contributions seem to actively degrade the quality of articles - this morning, I noticed that he's removed sourced content on the rationale behind the creation of Doctor Doom to replace it with in-universe waffle. While we have to deal with IP and novice editors who don't understand our MOS, an editor who has been here as long as this guy should now have some grasp of what we actually are suppose to be doing? -- Cameron Scott ( talk) 14:18, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Well that's why I bring it here, I'm not much of a mentor - someone else would be better suited to explaining it to him.-- Cameron Scott ( talk) 06:36, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Posting this here in case anyone wants to get involved with the prematurely closed FAC for Thrud the Barbarian. Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Thrud_the_Barbarian_at_FAC. GDallimore ( Talk) 10:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
This article could use some real world perspective. I think a good place to start might be the section labeled "controversy" (especially since, in light of the writer's comments, it really isn't controversy.)
If you're fluent in LGBT issues in fiction/comics, that would likely be a plus. - jc37 17:52, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Hoping for additional eyes on Symbiote (comics). There is some disagreement regarding content issues for the article and some other vested editors would be appreciated. - Sharp962 ( talk) 13:12, 6 October 2010 (UTC).
An IP editor (who presumably later got an account) has been edit warring over this [34], and on other articles as well, removing the word "superhero" from the lead. What are your opinions? 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 15:16, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
Apparently, this editor also believes that Henry Pym is not a superhero. [35] 24.148.0.83 ( talk) 11:35, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Would it not at least be safe to say that Henry Pym is a superhero? [38] 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 15:39, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Unlike "anti-heroe", which may be an opinion, "superheroe" is more than a type of stock character, it's a trademark owned by DC and Marvel. Does the trademark include a description or definition of what constitutes a superheroe? MBelgrano ( talk) 01:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
On the French Wikipedia they have fr:Projet:Tintin?
Would anyone be interested in starting a task force or a WikiProject about Tintin? WhisperToMe ( talk) 14:12, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
PLEASE NOTE: This discussion has been moved here. Please continue to discuss the matter there. Project talk pages are not the appropriate place to have this kind of discussion. Friginator ( talk) 16:49, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
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I just wanted to bring this problem to everyone's attention so that we can hopefully have a quick and positive solution to this situation. Thanks!
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I feel I provided enough independent information to justify Miyamoto Usagi been split as a solo article. Can someone explain why this is so. Dwanyewest ( talk) 18:45, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Not sure of the notability of comic book characters maybe someone could have a look at the abopve article at present it is completely unsourced. Mo ainm ~Talk 20:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I was working on sourcing Mike Dringenberg, but I ran out of time and have to go. Could anyone take a look and see if you can add any more citations? Thanks. 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 23:31, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
This is a persistent issue on comics pages, & IMO needs answering. The debut dates are listed by month, but it's unclear if that's the cover date (as it appears) or actual month of year (which is how it's usually presented). Most casual readers won't even know there is a difference, so it bears clarification. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 02:45, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
There is a note on the Deadpool page under the film section about not adding "he breaks the fourth wall" at the end of the film. This user argues that there is no consensus to not add the line, and that a hidden note has no authority. What exactly is the consensus on adding this line? 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 12:27, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Our Gang for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. GamerPro64 ( talk) 17:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick ( talk) 20:44, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
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Might want to keep an eye on this article, as the old stuff has been recurring again. Just no Asgardian this time. 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 18:45, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
He's a major comics creator, yet the Kyle Baker article could use some work. A self-described friend of Baker's family has been making a number of edits that violate several policies and guidelines (see details here), but he's correct in that the article needs improvement. I'll work on it, and hopefully other WPC volunteers will as well! -- Tenebrae ( talk) 01:24, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
Is this worth mentioning? [42] 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 19:46, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
Please contribute on a consensus on whether or not the Fictional history of Green Goblin should be merged or not. You can discuss here or here. − Jhenderson 777 16:25, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Update: It's being nominated for deletion here. − Jhenderson 777 16:29, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
There is at the moment an exposition of originals by fifty European comics creators at the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art titled "Treasures of the European comics". All of these authors are undoubtedly notable, but we don't have articles on some of them yet. If anyone feels an irresistible horror vacui, here is your chance! Marino Benejam, Spanish author; Christian Binet, French; Christophe Blain, French; Alexandru Ciubotariu, Romanian; Cosey, Swiss; Denis Deprez, Belgian; Louis Forton, French; Joanna Hellgren, Swedish; Jaromír Švejdík, Czech; Peter Madsen (cartoonist), Danish author of Valhalla (comics); Puiu Manu, Romanian; Ruben Pellejero, Spanish; Ville Ranta, Finnish; Sylvain Savoia, French; Raoul Thomen, Belgian/French; or in total 15 authors of the 50 highlighted, from all corners of Europe. Fram ( talk) 12:48, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
I was trying to improve the article for the annual comic book Transformers: Timelines made by Fun Publications. If anyone can offer help or advice, I'd appreciate it. Mathewignash ( talk) 23:40, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
FYI. postdlf ( talk) 14:56, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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Miyamoto Usagi and Usagi Yojimbo I have provided sources but I feel articles need massive improvement. Dwanyewest ( talk) 02:22, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
This user keeps inserting this sort of thing. I have explained that this statement appears to be WP:OR, but they keep putting it back in. Is that original research, or am I off-base? 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 15:42, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Vandalism is not the only type of activity that warrants blocks. Repeated violations of any policy, and the refusal to heed warnings regarding such violations, are blockable. Nightscream ( talk) 00:39, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Brian Boru is awesome editor has been removing information from the infobox on Wiccan (comics), Patriot (comics), Hulkling, Vision (Marvel Comics), and Hawkeye (Kate Bishop). I reverted him the first time, explaining that the information (to my understanding) was accurate. He reverted with no explanation. I reverted back stating "please explain this removal". He reverted most of them back with no explanation again, except for Hulkling on which he only said "doesn't even have the list anymore", which I took to mean that the Civil War article does not have a list of members of Captain America's first Secret Avengers team. So I reverted them back once more, stating on Hulkling "thanks for an explanation, but an article not having a list doesn't mean it's not still true". He reverted them all back, again with no explanation. It's been my observation that this sort of interaction is common for him - that is, taking an action without explainaing himself, and when reverted, he reverts back without an explanation. I'm not going to edit war about this, but it would be nice to see what other opinions there are on this. 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 18:17, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
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I proposed to change the scope of the graphic novel list template to allow other book series as well. the discussion is here Template talk:Graphic novel list#Change the scope of this template? and i hope some would participate. Bread Ninja ( talk) 07:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Recently War Machine in other media was split off of War Machine. The initial state of the IOM article was this. The article has been copyedited down by ~15% of it's file size. The changes included tone/content for the TV and film sections as well as simplification of the toy and game lists.
I'm wondering if this is a desierable state for these types of articles, and possibly sections, and if work should be started to clean up the other 36 IOM articles.
- J Greb ( talk) 19:09, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
The worst part about "in other media" sections is how people often render them as needlessly-small sections filled with bulleted lists. Brilliant prose, people. WesleyDodds ( talk) 08:56, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
I've come to note another problem that plagues "in other media" sections/pages: people love to give plot summaries. Plot summaries are acceptable in articles specifically devoted to a story. They shouldn't be part of any other sort of article. Instead of "here's what War machine did in this five-second cameo", the focus should be on why the character was included, who portrayed the character, and if any reliable secondary sources discussed the appearance. WesleyDodds ( talk) 06:40, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Would anyone mind stepping in and seeing if they can rein this madness in, yet again? I get a headache looking at the edit history of this article. 204.153.84.10 ( talk) 20:48, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Just to put you guys on notice, but apparently Myung hee ( talk · contribs) has created an article about Simon Sues, which is a comic he created. This article needs an independent review for notability and a massive amount of cleanup. — Farix ( t | c) 21:16, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
I reverted them, but please keep an eye out for Missspeled ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) and Nabrothers ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), and the IP 115.147.231.105 ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 13:12, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
A disagreement has arisen over which of two photos would be better as the main Infobox image for the Ben Templesmith article. Can interested editors participate in this discussion? Thanks, and Happy Holidays. Nightscream ( talk) 04:43, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
I think we should be able to cite the Official Index to the Marvel Universe as a secondary source. Unlike the in-universe Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, the Index is written entirely in an out-universe perspective. For those of you unfamiliar with it, or who don't read it and haven't seen its interiors, this is Page 1 of issue #7 of the Avengers, Thor & Captain America series, which is the one currently being published now. Thoughts? Nightscream ( talk) 18:35, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Anything published by Marvel is a primary source, in-story or not. So that would be a no. WesleyDodds ( talk) 05:54, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Primary sources are very close to an event, often accounts written by people who are directly involved, offering an insider's view of an event, a period of history, a work of art, a political decision, and so on. An account of a traffic accident written by a witness is a primary source of information about the accident; similarly, a scientific paper is a primary source about the experiments performed by the authors. Historical documents such as diaries are primary sources.
Primary sources that have been reliably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them. Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation. A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements that any educated person, with access to the source but without specialist knowledge, will be able to verify are supported by the source. For example, an article about a novel may cite passages to describe the plot, but any interpretation needs a secondary source. Do not make analytic, synthetic, interpretive, explanatory, or evaluative claims about material found in a primary source. Do not base articles entirely on primary sources.
In the first place, I think the Index should be used for Verifiability, not Notability. Second, objectivity is really only relevant to the issue of primary sources or self-published sources where it concerns Conflicts of Interest, or material that may be self-serving. As it states at WP:SELFPUB:
It is for this reason that there is nothing wrong with using a press release about straightforward, factual information, but inadvisable if the material is overly promotional, self-serving, self-aggrandizing, etc. I've used plenty of Peter David's "But I Digress..." columns to source material on his personal life or personal viewpoints, but when I overhauled his article in April of last year, I removed the section on the Awards he won entirely from the article, and didn't restore it until I found sources independent of him to support it. As it pertains to the Index, there is nothing in them that is unduly self-serving, promotional, or interpretive. Using it shouldn't violate any policy or guideline. I mean, if it says "This character appeared in this book, numbered this issue, which was published in this year", how is this inappropriate?
As for J Greb's question of Jean Grey: This is how the Guest Stars and Supporting Characters info for X-Men #101 is given:
To clarify "chr" means "chronologically" and "CX" means Classic X-Men. As you can see, it identifies Phoenix, but provides a note stating it was an impersonator, and the real Jean Grey would not appear again until 1986. I do not know what the forward slashes mean, as when it says, "X #8/2". Nightscream ( talk) 11:35, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
I have to admit, I completely baffled by some of the statements here. If a company publishes an index of so much detailed information regarding appearances and credits of its characters, so that we know Character X first appeared in Book #Y, then how is that not a reliable source?
Wesley, you say the only useful OOU info is credits, So? Isn't this a recurring bit of information in comics articles? I don't know what type of info you think a valid source has to have, but I brought up the Index precisely for such info. What's wrong with things like credits, and as Luminum suggests, appearance histories? Again, the relevant policies say that sources like this can be used in conjunction with other sources. So why can't the Index be used to supplement information, particularly of a non-controversial nature? And in the case of controversial material, we can either abstain from using it, or make sure to use it only to note Marvel's position on the matter, for example: "Marvel's Index lists only Leo Prometheo in the credits,[cite issue] though in an interview in the December 1973 issue of Generic Comic Magazine, journalist Alan Smithee insisted artist Jacob Hackrender did uncredited backgrounds for that issue, and contributed to the creation of Captain Cashcow[cite]...") I'm not seeing what the problem is.
Luminum, maybe I'm not understanding you, but how are the retcons not being addressed, given that Index addresses the Jean Grey retcon, as indicated above? And what do you mean it doesn't contribute more than what is already used? What does "what is already used" refer to?
Also, you say, "I look at the issues to verify that at the time." The whole point of using reference sources like the Index is for when you don't have the original issues, as I mentioned above with the example of Action Comics #1. Are you saying that to write material on X-Men #1, I have to go out and buy a copy of the original comic? Nightscream ( talk) 21:47, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
I'm inclined to think of it as a primary source rather than a secondary source for the reasons which others have mentioned above. If the Index is being used as a reference for uncontroversial, real world facts, I don't see any problem with that. However, I'm loathe to see it used to support arguments about in-universe events (not that this would ever happen). As always, we should do what is best suited to a particular situation. -- GentlemanGhost ( talk) 02:44, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Then I think we're mostly in agreement. We should be able to use it for appearances and character histories, but not controversial material or material pertaining to editorial decisions like retcons, at least without discussion, and/or in conjunction with other sources that have more out-universe detail on those things. Thanks to all of you for participating. :-) Nightscream ( talk) 12:22, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
For non-contentious, self-promotional or contentious matters, a publisher is would obviously be presumed to be a reliable source for their own published works. Nightscream ( talk) 04:43, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Fictional history of Wolverine and Fictional history of Spider-Man have been nominated for AFD. 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 04:54, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
There has been a recently proposed merging of Spider-Man's costumes into the main Spider-Man article. Since Spider-Man is such a well known (and presumably frequently visited article) I thought many editors here would want to post their opinion. Place comments in the discussion here. Spidey 104 02:45, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Howdy. I've proposed removing a fair amount of content from that article at its talk page, and I figured someone might want to weigh in. I'm going to wait a few days for responses before I act on it, so if anybody's interested in sourcing and helping to improve that material, please speak up. -- Moralis ( talk) 09:26, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
For the page One-Above-All. I think that it turned quite biased, which caused a bit of an almost-edit-war situation; and User:BOZ suggested that I should go here and ask if anybody here would be interested in making an evaluation if I had the right impression, or if it was simply my own bias making me overreact?
Regardless, I simply want somebody with a neutral objective analytical mind (and greater efficiency and energy than myself) to put a conclusive end to this, without any necessary further involvement on my part (or the other user for that matter). Thanks in advance for any help. Dave ( talk) 04:54, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
It may be better to add a new section (with an out-of-universe perspective, of course) at Portrayals of God in popular media, and mention the way Marvel (and DC as well) handled the way of incorporating "God" into their fictional universes, or God-related topics (such as omnipotence, the origin of the universe, the afterlife, etc). By not pretending those God references to be about a same "character", most original research would be fixed MBelgrano ( talk) 13:36, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Building tangentially upon the above, it seems like the involved other party User:Aidoflight may have a similar tendency to turn certain articles that he is involved in into (inherent strong pro-torture implications, which is the part that I'm extremely uncomfortable with) religious propaganda. At the very least I noticed the same type of sentiments that characterise his style in Chaos War (comics); and his "mission statement" and recent talk page history, makes him sound a bit suspicious (After skimming the profile of another "Chaos War" editor, ( User:Spidey104#What_Wikipedia_is_for) in conjunction, I came to think of those Conservapedia people, but it was most likely just an unfortunate happenstance combination). Regardless, has anybody else had any experiences with him? Dave ( talk) 16:43, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Here's something unique: not only does The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen timeline primarily consist of in-universe info drawn from the comics, but it synthesizes the original primary sources Alan Moore drew inspiration from into the timeline. WesleyDodds ( talk) 07:06, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
The body of the article says that he was introduced in February 1940 in Detective Comics #36, the infobox says the same but that the issue was in Winter 1940. Can someone reconcile the differences? A comic published monthly starting in in March 1937 would suggest a date of March 1940 or thereabouts for its 36th issue, but I cannot be sure. hbdragon88 ( talk) 06:06, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Now that the Fictional history of Spider-Man article has been deleted I think it is a good time to bring back up this old debate, and hopefully settle the debate once and for all. In comic book articles the section that talks about the biography/history of the character has been "Fictional history" and "Fictional character biography" and other options. Currently most articles use "Fictional character biography", but some editors feel that should be changed. Can we finally settle this debate? Spidey 104 16:32, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
I've opened an RFC to determine what the current consensus is on the use of non-free cover images on articles of copyrighted works per current treated of the non-free content criteria policy. The RFC can be found at WT:NFC#Appropriateness of cover images per NFCC#8. -- MASEM ( t) 16:58, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
As above, I much prefer to defuse these things before they have a chance to start, and would appreciate if any levelheaded reliable editors would like to put a final say on the issue of weeding the page. My intermediate starting attempt definitely has its problems, but I think that it is still considerably more concise and to the point than before. Nevertheless, I'm intensely tired of borderline edit wars, or pointless bickering, and there are plenty of people that seem better suited for (best available approximation) neutral evaluation than myself around here. Dave ( talk)
Mark Nelson has recently been expanded; anyone have anything else to add? 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 03:44, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, all! At the talk page for WikiProject Film, I have proposed a films based on comics task force, which would be a collaboration between WikiProject Film and WikiProject Comics. I invite you to join the discussion. The discussion can be found here. Erik ( talk | contribs) 15:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
Usage of "The Dark Knight" is under discussion, see Talk:The_Dark_Knight_(film)#Requested_move. 65.93.13.210 ( talk) 06:58, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
There is a suggestion for a split and merge from Redbird (comics) to various articles, as was done with Nightbird and Batgirl's Batcycle, see Talk:Redbird (comics). 65.93.13.210 ( talk) 08:00, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Could cropped sections of the cover of the Marvel Fumetti Book #1 be used for photos of Dave Cockrum, Bill Mantlo, Al Milgrom, and Paul Smith (comics)? These articles are currently lacking photos. Here's the Grand Comics Database scan: [45] I have the original comic if a larger size scan is needed. The reason I'm posting this question is that (1) I haven't uploaded anything to Wikipedia before and am not sure exactly how to handle the "fair use" description and (2) the cropping of the photos is also something that is probably better handled by someone with more experience at such things. Mtminchi08 ( talk) 09:53, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
A minor comment. Just coming over here to ask for more volunteers in the Spider-Man task force here. It would be much appreciated. Thank you. Jhenderson 777 19:08, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
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AGREE: This article is little more than a glorified advertisement. I would agree with deletion. Mtminchi08 ( talk) 04:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I spent a lot of time streamlining the citations for the Jean Grey FCH and cleaning that mess of a section up. It's written in-u, since the Publication History is all Out-of-U. This is an issue I've brought up before with this page: I feel the PH section doubles as a comprehensive and generally concise FCH. However, given the character's massive history with retcons, I figured that if the FCH is to exist, it should be the canonical history, which is separate from the reality of the original PH and retcons. Unfortunately, despite my attempts, the section is still far lengthier than I would like. If another editor can take a look at it, comparing the PH with the FCH and either edit or give me some advice, I'd appreciate it. I'll be revisiting the section periodically to try to cut it down. This is especially of interest to me because of our recent FCH discussion. The article is high importance, and I'd like to get it into some semblance of shape...at least GA. Thanks! Luminum ( talk) 09:44, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
User:Caged halo, and the IP 94.13.205.145 (likely same person) have made hundreds of edits to the article Crossfire (comics) (and a few others) over the past couple of weeks. I keep an eye on a hundred or so comic character articles, and it's just too much for me to keep up with that many edits. I'm sure this user is making good faith contributions, so I'm not questioning that, but if anyone could look over the article(s) to give me a hand, that would be great. 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 15:20, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Keep an eye on this article, as some big (spoiler) news happened with this character starting today. 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 20:51, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
There is a dispute over whether to use the cover date, or the publication date: [46] [47] 129.33.19.254 ( talk) 19:21, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Hmm, for once this is actually a "death" that I could see hold out in the long run. Johnny was always the most out-of-place member of the team, and with the original 40s namesake back, he becomes even more muddled. The question is who they will use instead? Simply Franklin and Valeria (Fantastic Five), to keep it more as a family-of-explorers wholeness, or possibly bring in She-Hulk or similar again? Dave ( talk) 19:34, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Any idea what this is all about? 108.69.80.49 ( talk) 06:21, 30 January 2011 (UTC)