geni wrote:
On 2/25/07, Phil Sandifer Snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
No. His problem is that Wikipedia is documenting things inconsistently, arbitrarily, and in a manner that is not meaningfully predictable not only to an outsider but to one of the most respected figures in the field. If Scott McCloud cannot figure out the rhyme or reason to what is and isn't a notable comic (webcomic or print) on Wikipedia, odds are the rhyme or reason is shit.
Scott McCloud appears to be an expert on comics. Not data sorting.
Are you suggesting that it's ok that an expert in a topic, especially one who is known for his technological savvy and ability to write for the general public, can't understand our notability guidelines for his field?
That puzzles me, as I'd think that if Scott McCloud can't understand our comic guidelines, there's no hope that your average comic fan will be able to get them. And unless we're restricting AfD and article creation to information architects and people with Master of Library Science degrees (which I'm assuming is what you mean by experts in data sorting), that seems like a big minus to me.
William