reposted from the Studio Sokodei blog.
There’s a war going on at Wikipedia.org. It’s a battle between the admins and the general public centered around the Notability policy. Wikipedia admins are on a crusade to purge all the articles that aren’t worthy of encyclopedic inclusion. The primary group of people feeling the brunt of this onslaught are the WebComic publishers who’s entries are being destroyed with vitriolic prejudice.
All of Studio Sokodei’s entries have been caught in the cross fire. To date, ReDeath is the only entry left standing, and it has already been marked for deletion (for reasons totally untrue) by the wikipedia admins.
As a matter of Notability:
- All entries on Studio Sokodei and its works were not created by any members of Studio Sokodei.
- Jubei Powers, ReDeath, Fanboy Bebop, and Nescaflowné were all written and produced before the creation of YouTube.
- Studio Sokodei’s works have been publicly and privately viewed at over 50 animé conventions (many several years running) around the world since 2000.
- Studio Sokodei’s works have been critiqued and reviewed by professional and hobbyist journalists alike in hundreds (if not thousands) of blogs and several high profile animé review and news sites.
In compliance with Wikipedia’s Notability guidelines, I have not and I will not create entries about Studio Sokodei or its works, as this would be flagrant self-publicity. However, I realize that our fans have created and edited in the past, and I ask that you do it again, and again, and again, until the Wikipedia admins lose this war.
Please also read up on the topic. Howard Tayler is calling on people to not donate money to the Wikimedia Foundation. I echo this sentiment. We need to strike back at this abuse of power.
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