[WikiEN-l] Another Webcomics Bit

[Philip Sandifer]

Just as a heads up, while you were indulging in the usual  
masturbatory discussions of whether AfD is deeply flawed again that  
seem to follow every time I point this out, Dragonfiend put the  
recently concluded Checkerboard Nightmare on AfD. His nomination was,  
as far too many nominations in far too many fields are, borne of out  
and out ignorance - nobody who is remotely knowledgable about  
webcomics would even think to propose Checkerboard Nightmare for  
deletion. But, of course, the votes of people who know what they're  
talking about continue to have active voice with the people who have  
decided that ridding Wikipedia of the scourge of webcomics (or blogs)  
(or whatever) is their mission in life.

The article isn't going to get deleted, so don't rush off to find it  
and vote to keep - it's fine. But go ahead and have a look at http:// 
www.websnark.com/archives/2005/11/however_the_ent.html so you can see  
Wikipedia take another prominent hit from an important member of the  
webcomics community. Compare that to http://www.websnark.com/archives/ 
2004/11/a_modest_webcom.html a year ago. In the past year, we have  
taken someone who was strongly pro-Wikipedia and turned him into  
someone who thinks we suck. Someone prominent, influential, and,  
frankly, damn respectable.

So, yeah. AfD? Still broken. Still driving people away. Still  
generating ill will, bad faith, and bad decisions.

Carry on your fiddling. I'm gonna go get front row seats for when the  
Colosseum ignites.

-Phil