Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Personality Comics

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was withdrawn. Enough sources here that something can be made of this—thanks! czar 04:40, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Personality Comics

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Small comic book publishing company lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) It had no meaningful hits in book and news search engines. There are no worthwhile redirect targets; no other suitable alternative to deletion. czar 19:59, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP. I've found a New York Times article from 1992 about the company that also mentions it was in the top 8 comic book companies of the time in terms of sales. I've also found a Comics Journal article from 1992 that talks about the company's growth. Another article I found (from the San Diego Reader) discusses the fate of the company and its founder after its 1994 collapse. I will add information from all three reliable, independent sources to the Personality Comics entry in the next day or two to improve it overall. -- stoshmaster (talk) 06:10, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, leaning keep per stoshmaster. Do ping me when the article is improved so I can review the sources cited and whether WP:SIGCOV is met. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:42, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the improvements, if you want to vet them -- stoshmaster (talk) 03:12, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Stoshmaster, nice expansion. How'd you find the Comics Journal articles? For the stuff that's still unsourced, do you have additional sourcing or should it be removed? czar 04:46, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have access to a database that includes all The Comics Journal back issues. The only major unsourced statement is the distribution angle, re: Capital City Distribution. Sanford's piece implies that Capital City DID distribute Personality's books, but never explicitly says it. By the time of the NYT piece, which was July 1993, the company was clearly having no distribution problems - and was even appearing on newsstands. So I'm curious as to how and when they resolved the issue. stoshmaster (talk) 20:44, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. czar 19:59, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HEY. Bearian (talk) 17:06, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, I've since added more info and sources. -- stoshmaster (talk) 03:32, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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