On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Ken Arromdee <arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
Summary: A joke character with a similar name existed
in comics fandom. The
writer who put this character in the comic book mistakenly thought he was
a preexisting character, and it's possible he confused him with the character
who had the similar name.
The Wikipedia article is allowed to mention none of this because it assumes
that reliable sources are professionally published and we can't use fanzines
and blogs for information... and professionally publishing anything about
a joke character whose superpower is that his arm falls off is not too likely.
Put the character on a comics Wikia with all the desired information
and have Wikipedia link to it. Presumably a Wikia on comics can
establish its own reliable sources list to allow comic fan journals
(or what have you).
If your desire is to overturn a central plank of Wikipedia policy -
verifiability - then it would probably be wise not to present a "joke
comic character" and a "fan fiction" dispute as plausible grounds to
do so.
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