Talk:PvP (webcomic)

message: Does this article really need that many external links to the panda attacks?  I think that people will get the idea simply from reading the text of the article and maybe from viewing two or three links.  I think that you went a little overboard there. --Slung 19:36, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Panda Attacks 

message: Kurtz was born on March 15, 1971, in Watsonville, California.  He later moved to West Des Moines, Iowa, where he attended Western Hills Elementary School and Stillwell Junior High. He showed an early talent for art, reading about and drawing comic book superheroes voraciously at an early age.  He also showed a penchant for video and role playing games as early as 6th grade. At age 14, he moved to Bedford, Texas, and attended Trinity High School in Euless, Texas.  After high school, he attended The University of North Texas, in Denton, where for a short time he drew a comic strip called "Captain Amazing" for the school paper.  He dropped out of UNT before earning a degree.
Before achieving success with PvP, Kurtz worked at a sign studio and printshop, as a customer service representative via phone for computer hardware and software, and as an IT representative for a radio station.  
Kurtz and his wife and pets currently live in Little Elm, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
(I'll let someone else more knowledgeable about Wikipedia add this text if you feel it's relevant to the article.  This information call all be verified by Kurtz.)
:Personally I think it's pretty irrelevant, as Kurtz is not notable for much aside from PvP. --Kizor 21:41, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, he is one of the "big popular webcomics types" because of PvP, so contextualizing him wouldn't necessarily be bad, but unless it comes from a pre-existing source, such information counts as original research, which he prohibited. I've seen bits on his page about his Captain Amazing but I didn't know he dropped out, for example, and I'd want to make sure that was published somewhere else before we published it. --Fastfission 02:14, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

text: We're in the process of merging and redirecting most of the webcomic artist articles into their respective webcomic articles. Most webcomic artist articles are permastubs that often violate WP:BLP. I'd suggest adding to this article whatever biographical information on this author is verifiable in reliable sources. If we find out later that there is a wealth of reliably sourced, verifiable biographical info worth branching into another article,then we can deal with that, but creating a new article that will have to be merged back here in a few weeks sounds like a waste. -- Dragonfiend 21:18, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kurtz's life 

message: As for my addition to the wiki, here's an external link to PvP's official forums in which Scott admits the changes and states he's not going back. For anyone unaware, he's the poster PvP. --Gillespee 23:41, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evolution of humor 

message: Kade is right about the "Jesus Christ endorses gayness" contreversy, when was the last time we heard about that?  But when was the last time we heard about the "Graphamaximo" controversy?  Is there something that makes one more worthy of inclusion than others?  I know they both made a lot of people mad, but people seem to have simmered down about both.--Gillespee 22:54, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just as a note:  I'm completely unaware if the Graphamaximo thing did raise some hackles...but I do know for certain that the only outcry I witnessed from the PvP Jesus Christ strip was a 60-page long thread on the official forums, nothing else.  Plus, I know that he's practically built his reputation on saying outlandish stuff that riles everyones nerves.  Is there a possibility that the person who got annoyed by it was Scott McCloud? Kade 02:55, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies 

message: From the article:
:At the 2004 San Diego Comicon, Kurtz announced that he would offer to newspapers the entire PvP series to reprint for free [5], but only if the strips were reprinted without any changes made. Kurtz said he made this offer because of his dissatisfaction with the terms offered to cartoonists by syndicates. As of yet no major American newspaper has agreed to pick up his strip, even though it is free.
Kurtz reports on his website in October of 2004 that the Kansas City Star ran PvP 1.  I don't know the whole history behind his offer, or if any other papers have picked ever up the strip, but the above paragraph is provably false. Perhaps someone with more background can help out? Dan 05:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Few major American newspapers ran PvP" seems incorrect, if the truth is that one newspaper ran the comic on a limited basis for a brief period of time. My recollection was that for a very brief time the Kansas City Star ran one PvP comic once per week in their weekly tech section, but would often drop it due to supposed "lack of space." I've changed the article to read "As of yet no major American newspaper has agreed to regularly pick up his strip, even though it is free. One newspaper, The Kansas City Star, briefly attempted to run one PvP comic per week in the fall of 2004." -- Dragonfiend 18:20, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: PvP in newspapers

message: There's an IP-hopping vandal who likes to post personal attacks on Scott Kurtz here, mostly involving his weight.  He seems to be connecting from Columbus, Ohio and Ohio State University.  He's been warned sufficiently, so I will block him on sight whenever he vandalizes this article.  If you are not an admin and notice one of his edits, go ahead and warn him, then leave a message on my talk page and I'll deal with him.  You might also want to leave a message on WP:AIV whenever he shows up. –Abe Dashiell (t/c) 23:46, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism to this article 

message: PvP won an Eisner. Should this be noted? JONJONAUG 21:59, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This was noted in the article on 23 July '06! --Ninevah 22:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eisner Award 

message: I'm shocked that a Wikipedian would be so pretentious as to try and accuse someone of vandalism for simply updating a Wiki with info inputted by an author.  By interpreting this as vandalism the person (( [SirGrant] )) has apparently claimed he knows more about PvP than the author of the comic, Scott Kurtz! I have cited my sources, which come straight from the horses mouth himself, and he accuses me of making a joke edit?   I have cited my sources.  He has not, he is simply banking on his status as a Wikipedian and self-appointed gatekeeper of knowledge.  Refute my sources, Mr. Grant.   If you try to remove my concretely proven entry then I shall have no choice but to NPOV this article.
68.88.201.13 02:16, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prove that Francis Ottoman does NOT collect ponies and is not a total gaylord 

message: Because enough PvP readers cannot resist simply enjoying Scott's comics and instead have to try and uncreatively act them out in real life (see the August 12 comic), I've semi-protected the page from new user editing. Sorry for the inconvenience, it will be lifted after a few days. Regular editors who try to vandalize the article do so at the risk of being blocked. --Fastfission 02:49, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: [Insert fair-use "Owned" graphic here] Good catch, Fastfission. Immediately after I read the comic, I came here full of dread, only to see that I wasn't the only one. ;) —BorgHunter  (talk) 03:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

text: That sounds like WP:VANITY to me. -- Dragonfiend 04:53, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I would like to point out that this was most likely a counter to the argument that "This isn't what Scott Kurtz would have wanted," and not the argument "This is what Scott Kurtz wants, now do it because he is a god!" --Superluser 05:07, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: True enough, which makes it very disappointing. I thought higher of him. Perhaps he doesn't understand Wikipedia or respect it. I thought he would be a bit more progressive in his thinking about what the internet can do (especially since he has spent so much time deflecting flack from people who think that webcomics are just a fad), but I was wrong about that. --Fastfission 20:18, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

text: So he does. Doing so would be a bit funny, but it'd be more appropriate in the "Trivia" section. Wikipedia mentions in webcomics are generally placed there. --Kizor 05:23, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We'll think about it after a few days when it is no longer fresh. I've no problem in putting references like this in, once it is obviously not just a plan to enact something silly from the comic itself. --Fastfission 20:18, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm not sure he understands the context of what everyone was doing. It wasn't a cited, referenced, "Marcy says BLAH," it was just "BLAH." A referenced link to the comic might be appropriate, but I don't think it's really notable enough for inclusion either. And I'm still certain that Scott does not want his readers vandalizing Wikipedia. —BorgHunter  (talk) 05:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

text: On a scale of one to User:Stephencolbert, this is a rather benign mention of Wikipedia. Compare to: Penny Arcade, FoxTrot. Regarding the statement itself it should go in Marcy's section, if at all: WP:SELF. Nifboy 06:12, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Protected

message: http://www.imagecomics.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=19021&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
"Somehow the wiki page for PvP is locked because of suspected vandalism. 
I think that somebody just updated Francis' entry with what Marcy wrote. Which I think should stand. Especially if it links back to that strip. 
Does anyone know who I can email at Wikipedia to request that?"
* You know, it occurs to me that if Kurtz really wanted Francis' Wikipedia section to mention that he collects statues of ponies, as the sole creator of PvP canon he could simply draw a strip showing that Francis does, in fact, collect statues of ponies.
**Then he should do that. But when it's clearly a joke, and one predicated on vandalizing Wikipedia, then I don't think we should treat it too seriously. I think it would be pretty silly for him to make his creative decisions based around what his Wikipedia entry says. --Fastfission 19:00, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kurtz on this subject 

message: This can easily be entered as one of the running gags - Marcy is constantly slamming Francis in various ways.
*When the dust settles on all of this then we can decide whether or not that particular phrase is useful for describing this. The goal here is to make a useful and correct entry, though, not to enact self-referential jokes from the strip. --Fastfission 20:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the full protect should be lifted because since tihs is going to be a storyline I think we should wait until the storyline is completed until we enter the information because it seems like it's gonna be changing on a day to day basis as more comics come out.  Cause this seems to be a jab at the blocked page I think unlocking it will open all sorts of vandalism I think we should just wait until the dust settles and onec the storyline is complete I'm sure all the information will be cleared and we can put it up as deemed fit cause if we put it up as kurtz puts it up we are only painting an incomplete pictureSirGrant 04:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not so concerned about the maybe two sentences that will ultimately be added because of this; I just don't think we should explicitly discourage all editing during a time when a large number of eyes are on this article;  let's face it, it's start-class, it could use a lot of improvement. Nifboy 04:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know. I think keeping it protected sends a nice message to those who actually think that Wikipedia is just a playground for vandals. Kurtz does not appear to know much about how Wikipedia works himself ("submit a ticket to the Wiki mods"? I know that it is unreasonable to project total logic onto comic characters at the expense of a joke, but at least the basic approach could be done correctly, i.e. "report you to a Wiki administrator" or something like that. "Submit a ticket to the Wiki mods" sounds to someone who knows anything about Wikipedia as jarring as someone saying "I will un-load that e-file that you sent me!" would to someone who was computer literate. I mean, I don't expect him to have Francis just editing back his own page, or insisting the material be removed as both irrelevant and unverifiable, or to know that you won't get banned indefinitely for one minor vandalism, but it would only take a minute or two to get the right language right).--Fastfission 14:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Submit a ticket to the Wiki mods" is a reference to WoW. - Fëaluinix 14:16, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

text: What about semi-protection for the time being because that would at least keep random vandles out but still allow for meaningful edits SirGrant 05:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a html comment to the Francis section, that will hopefully will slow down some of the vandalism that will occur because of the current PVP storyline. I tried to word it as neutral and clear as possible, but I would appreciate someone looking at it, and tell me if it is well worded and a good idea. --Codemonkey 07:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Guys, I should point out that there isn't really a source for Francis collecting ponies. This is something that only Marcy seems to know, so it constitutes original research on the part of Marcy. And the fact she thinks this makes Francis a gaylord is Marcy's WP:POV. --Pc13 09:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In today's strip (14 Aug) Francis has confirmed the collection. However, I agree it is trivial and likely part of a small story arc that can be ignored. The same arguments are constantly going on for Light Warriors (8-Bit Theater) and Characters of 8-Bit Theater. — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 11:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Total Gaylord" 

message: I'm just thinking, should Suitecannes even be on the list of minor characters? After all, her only existance was in 1 strip, and there's no sign that she'll be returning. I find it odd that a 1 strip character is in the list, while Ricky Tuttle, who's been in the strip as a major part of at least a couple of plotlines, isn't.
Ruduen 01:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For Suitecannes, I think she was in a run of about a week way back when. For Tuttle, go fer it!. — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 12:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suitecannes 

message: Wow. No mention of any of the controversies sparked by Kurtz and his asshole-like behavior. I can count at least the S&W incident, the cover art incident, the "Jesus endorses Gays" incident, the "I will not shake hands" incident (written off as a joke but it still sparked a lot of discussion), the numerous attacks he's made on Penny Arcade (now reconciled) and later on CAD... Maybe all this should be included. --Energman 15:33, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally, I only read the comic, ignoring all the stuff around it. Feel free to add it, but, Jimbo has said, "... it isn't that we should not include the criticisms, but that the information should be properly incorporated throughout the article rather than having a troll magnet section of random criticisms." — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 16:56, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps not, but right now the article only says "Scott Kurtz is controversial" and offers nothing else to back it up.  There should be some example in here to show that he's earned that or you may as well take even that sentence out because it's unsourced.Rebochan 13:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  No controversies 

message: Seems recent changes in how the PvP archive works has made most of the links to example strips in this article point to nothing.  -- Logotu 22:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Corrected.  Odd that it wasn't done sooner.  —Tamfang 07:06, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  And with yet another change to the website, Kurtz breaks all the archive links again!  Anybody have time to go through and change them all? -- Logotu (talk) 17:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Isn't this what 301 http codes are for...? Rawling4851 21:30, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

text: There are more broken links, unfortunately.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.176.233 (talk) 21:44, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken Links 

message: I just added a running gag to the list, the one about ambulances showing up in the last panel, but since I'm not from an english speaking country I fear I might have spelled something wrong, can anyone check it for me? Bill Gama 21:20, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Spelling is accurate; style is a bit awkward but I see no obvious way to improve it.  —Tamfang 06:49, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambulance Running Gag 

message: This seems to be mostly a running gag and character list - granted, major characters should have mention, but that many minor characters?
And could there please be a section on reception, criticism, or controversy, especially if Scott Kurtz is going to be merged with this (since I've seen others complain about his arrogance, and he has done a good bit of jerky things, like the CAD premium thing)? Right now it seems like something that should be on comixpedia, not wikipedia.Not even Mr. Lister's Koromon survived intact. 21:46, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Innapropriate? 

message: Many of the citations on the website to older strips have had their links broken due to a redeisgn of the PVP website, and need to be fixed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.211.10.4 (talk) 19:01, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken Links

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Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(fiction)#Final_adoption_as_a_guideline. Ikip (talk) 11:01, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for comment on articles for individual television episodes and characters

message: Just curious, isn't about time to add Lolbat to the list of recurring characters? 86.95.212.91 (talk) 10:18, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Hai! u calld?

message: Can someone manage that? Much of the article is bloated in length and full of POV slop that any reader would be ashamed of, let alone an editor. 66.41.18.1 (talk) 22:58, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: I have a number of Dragon magazines from the early 2000s with PvP strips on the subject of D&D reproduced therein. I don't have the entire archive of issues, so I can't make a substantial contribution on this score to the article, but if someone could include them it would be good. Lstanley1979 (talk) 08:10, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dragon magazine 

message: Bulldog and Cooch references are screwed up - the links lead to completely unrelated comics  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fry-kun (talk • contribs) 21:50, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  incorrect references for Bulldog and Cooch 

message: Jade is listed at http://www.pvponline.com/new-readers/ as Jade Fontaine.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.157.188.173 (talk) 17:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jade Fontaine 

message: The character bios are massively fancruftical - they should ideally be a few sentences each at most, not several paragraphs. The level of detail fails WP:TRIVIA. -mattbuck (Talk) 22:49, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fancruft 

message: The URL of the webcomic (www.pvponline.com) now leads to a "Domain for sale" site. Does anyone have any information where the webcomic has gone to? Zornfalke (talk) 10:10, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Site has vanished 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I have upgraded this article to a C-quality ranking. The definition for C-quality articles is: "The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup." I think that's an accurate description here. It is substantial, containing most of what people would want to know. However, it would benefit greatly from information drawn from more independent coverage, such as reviews of the comic. The character biographies also need clean-up, to be more concise, up to date, and based as much as possible on secondary sources.
HenryCrun15 (talk) 23:21, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Updating quality ranking

message: The article mentions that a reboot happened in May 2020, but going through the strips finds an interlude Kurtz made about caring for his sick father, and then in late 2021 it returned to the old character ages with a COVID related plot line. I’ve been unable to find anything about this change, other than a tweet where Kurtz refers to it as a “PVP classic” upload. Should the reboot be labeled as over? Or should there be an official word first? I spent about an hour looking today and was unable to find any forum post, blog post, tweet, etc saying anything firmly one way or the other 2600:1700:1430:D740:2CD3:EC54:2BFA:4A56 (talk) 01:35, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Status of Reboot