Talk:The Comics Curmudgeon

For those looking into notability

Josh was quoted in this article in USA TODAY. He's been quoted in other newspaper articles as well, though I don't have the links offhand. —Scott5114↗ 04:56, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Jeopardy

He apparently was on Jeopardy last (7/22/08) night. Doubt that has a reliable source, though. Qb | ^{your 2 cents} 18:15, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

I believe it's permissible to use episodes of television series as references. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:44, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

I think technically, if you say "Such-and-such happened on this TV episode" and your reference is the episode itself, it's original research; you're supposed to find a reliable source that SAYS "such-and-such happened on this TV episode." But very few people care enough to enforce that view in articles (I certainly don't). Propaniac (talk) 19:50, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't believe that is the case. There is {{cite episode}}, after all. The main thing about sources is verifiability; if I said Drew Carey did such-and-such on episode #4414K of The Price Is Right, someone can verify that by getting a copy of #4414K and seeing if he did indeed say that. Thus, to the best of my knowledge, it's not original research. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 20:29, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Since I'm the subject of this article, maybe I'm not supposed to be adding to this discussion, but *cough cough*.

Though putting on my anal-retentive wikipedia editing hat rather than my shameless self-promotion hat, since the subject of the article is the blog rather than its incredibly good-looking and talented creator, I'm not sure how relevant the Jeopardy appearance is. --Jfruh (talk) 22:00, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely correct; I had just come to see if the article was on you or on the blog. If we were going to cite it, though, it's not original research to cite the episode itself. Primary sources are perfectly valid for confirming facts; what we can't use them for is determining the notability of a particular fact. Powers ^T 19:53, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Let me see if I can fit the Jeopardy appearance in while dealing with the relevance issue ... Baileypalblue (talk) 22:01, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

AJGLU 3000

As the AJGLU 3000 has appeared in more than one "Archie" strip, I changed the wording from "On December 18, 2008, the comic strip Archie referenced the blog's recurring "Archie Joke-Generating Laugh Unit 3000" joke" to "began occasionally referencing". Clockster (talk) 21:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

I meant "AJGLU", of course. Have corrected my typo. Clockster (talk) 21:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Today's edits

Parts of this article were written like a press release. The language is now more neutral in WP:TONE. Let's please remember encyclopedic tone.--Tenebrae (talk) 20:36, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

I've commented on the promotional nature of this article before, above. Now I see something so egregious it astonishes me. The article said:

The blog sparked interest in a 2006 Mary Worth plot line involving the title character being stalked by a character named Aldo Kelrast, who resembled Captain Kangaroo. The stalker met his end by driving drunkenly off a cliff after being confronted on his behavior by Worth. "Aldomania" became perhaps the most commented-upon storyline in the strip's history.

...and cited an article in The Palm Beach Post. That article, archived here, says none of that. It doesn't use the term "Aldomania," and it doesn't credit the Comics Curmudgeon blog with "sparking interest" in that Mary Worth plot line. It simply quotes a snarky line from the blog in passing, characterizing it as "trumpets one tirade posted on 'Comics Curmudgeon'". Shameless.--Tenebrae (talk) 21:09, 12 May 2013 (UTC)