My first instinct would be to ask what state of mind the comic writers were in when creating these characters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter-Eater_Lad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_Boy But really, if something is obscure enough that it doesn't get published in reliable sources, you are stuck. What I would support in such cases is an external link to a page documenting this. Kind of like further reading. Carcharoth On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Ken Arromdee <arrom...@rahul.net> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Fall_Off_Boy > > 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. > > > > (Also, previous example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Zimmer_Bradley . > Bradley had a dispute with a fan writer over "fan fiction" (whether it even > counts as fan fiction is highly questionable). The fan's side of this dispute > is available in blogs and fan sources; Bradley, being a published writer, > could get her side described in sources that are reliable by Wikipedia > standards. Therefore, Wikipedia only tells one side of the story.) > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
