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Notable

This webcomic appears to fail WP:WEB. Static Universe 14:31, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To respond to the previous comment, I think it's notable/popular enough that I, as a regular but not fanatical user of the intarweb, found it without looking for it or things like it. That is, many sites had a link to it, so I looked at it. Does this make it notable? I don't know. Just saying that it is at least well-known/linked. EDIT: Ten seconds later, I glance at the sources for the article and find reviews there. Doesn't that make it notable? Many reviews? I'm sort of new to wikipedia as a member so correct me if I'm wrong.- (Ninsaneja 18:32, 5 March 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Notability also comes from the reference stated in the article, specifically Gail Simone

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Listen, do yourself a favor. There's hardly anything more delightful on the web.

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from the guidelines:

General notability is not judged by Wikipedia editors directly. The inclusion of topics on Wikipedia is a reflection of whether those topics have been included in reliable published works. Other authors, scholars, or journalists have decided whether to give attention to a topic, and in their expertise have researched and checked the information about it. Thus, the primary notability criterion is a way to determine whether "the world" has judged a topic to be notable. This is unrelated to whether a Wikipedia editor personally finds the subject remarkable or worthy.

In this case Gail Simone is an author in the comics industry. From the article about her: Gail Simone is an American writer of comic books. She is the current writer of DC's Birds of Prey series.

--88.90.147.119 22:19, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

While notability now seems established it should be noted that user:The wub wiped the free comics category. Thankfully this act of baseless vandalism was reverted but more should be expected by rampaging deletionists. I used to wonder what kind of people would burn down the library of Alexandria but now I find them in our times. --13:29, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid to say he was right: the disclaimer of that category is "think Free as in speech, not Free as in beer". Basically, "free" refers to the license, and very few webcomics use a free license. In this case, Planet Karen's license is "All word and images Copyright © Karen Ellis 2006." So, basically "all rights reserved"; not that it's a problem - on the contrary, it's quite normal. But this article can't be in that category, so I'm removing it. --Εξαίρετος (msg) 21:38, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stopped Updating in 2009

Should a mention be made of the present hiatus? It's been a long while since any comics have been posted, and almost a year and a half since it's been regularly updated.

If it moved, I can't find the new site. --Stani Stani 12:19, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Now has resumed updates. New site is:

http://www.planetkaren.co.uk/ →Stani Stani 18:07, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]