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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:09, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clan of the Cats

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No coverage by reliable sources to establish notability. Kelly ^hi! 23:58, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Webcomics-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 15:00, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: This may approach a Wikipedia record: this article has been up for seven years without any independent sources, reliable or otherwise, referencing any of the information in the article. Zero hits on Google News, obviously, and almost all the Google hits start with the sentences "Clan of the Cats is an urban fantasy webcomic by Jamie Robertson. It chronicles the adventures of a witch, Chelsea Chattan, who is also afflicted by an ancient family curse" - plainly, the creator is an indefatigable self-promoter. Fails all three criteria of WP:WEB, Fails the GNG, probably COI violation, as the article was created by User talk:JamieCOTC, a SPA whose sole Wikipedia activity revolved around it. Ravenswing 16:58, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Can't say there is a whole lot out there. [1] may be a reliable source but only mentions the topic in passing. There are a few others, all fairly similar. I'm loath to see a webcomic that is this long running get deleted, but I don't think we're anywhere close to WP:N. Hobit (talk) 21:45, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: it is mentioned in the International journal of comic art, Volume 7 [2]. I do not know if there is enought coverage by reliable sources.--Crazy runner (talk) 06:53, 9 June 2011 (UTC) Two hits on Google News. [3] [4] --Crazy runner (talk) 07:25, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was nominated multiple times to Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards. [5] [6] [7]

2003 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
- 2003 WCCAs Outstanding Dramatic Comic (Nomination)
- 2003 WCCAs Outstanding Fantasy Comic (Nomination)
2002 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
- 2002 WCCAs Best Serial Comic (Nomination)
- 2002 WCCAs Best Dramatic Comic (Nomination)
2001 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards
- 2001 WCCAs Best Other Character - Sebastian (Nomination)
- 2001 WCCAs Best Fanstasy Comic (Nomination)
- 2001 WCCAs Best Dramatic Comic (Nomination)

--Crazy runner (talk) 07:15, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are a lot of news about Clan of the Cats on Comixtalk.com. Some come from Jamie Robertson so we can not count them but others have independent reviewers such as A Burgeoning Apparatus of Michael H. Payne.--Crazy runner (talk) 07:53, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sebo #1 a spin-off of Clan of the Cats is available on iPhone Apps [8] According to Comixpedia there are three spin-offs hosted by different websites.--Crazy runner (talk) 11:17, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I do not know if the following reviews are reliables: Webcomic Book Club [9], Comicwidows, Andrew Lynch [10], Tangent, Robert A. Howard [11][12][13][14]--Crazy runner (talk) 11:38, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: self-promotional spam that falls far short of WP:NOTABILITY as, like above, the only sources I can find are unreliable blogs, press releases or trivial mentions. Thanks, Starblueheather (talk) 13:34, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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