Talk:Asterix in Corsica

message: The four old men who sit outside the village and Aleria during the battle are similar to each other (maybe brothers) and only vary in terms of height. These physical characteristics are similar to the Daltons, villains of the popular Western comic series Lucky Luke which Goscinny also worked on. The Daltons however are much younger, villainous and vary in intelligence as well as size, while the four old Corsicans are just everyday gossips who appear to be similar in every way but height.
Removed.  You say the four men are physically similar to the Daltons, and then you say they are much different.  And it is the Daltons, not the Corsicans, who vary in height. Kransky 10:29, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
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message: The article needs to show notability, per WP:GNG/WP:BKCRIT. Otherwise it might need to be redirected to a list or a larger topic. So far the best we have here is the unreferenced claim that it was the bestseller in the series - which actually is meaningless, as any series of two objects will have a bestselling item in it (compared to other, less succesfull ones). What we need is independent coverage of this or other facts. Did someone publish literary criticism on why was this bestselling? Are there reliable reviews of this album? Scholarly analysis of the significance of this book to comic or literary canon? Etc. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:20, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Cunard Impressive that you found that much, but is SIGCOV met here? I am not sure. @Daranios, what do you think? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:46, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd assume with Asterix being a big thing (at least in Germany), that there should be some reviews out there by magazines dedicated to comics, but have not time to search so far. I did find this mention that there is an essay dedicted to the translation of the comic in Signal. That might not be relevant for notability as it may be from the translator, but it's likely relevant for the article content. Daranios (talk) 10:17, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Search seems a bit more tricky than I expected, at lest in English. However, I did have another look at the sources found by  (Thanks for providing those!): 1 and 2 seem to go quite a bit into the details, and 3 is a nice overview with some commentary. So I think that's already enough for me to establish notability. What I've found in addition to the mention of Signal was, that it appears in a lot of guidebooks about Corsica. E.g. DuMont BILDATLAS Korsika, p. 88-89, has a 1+ page entry. Mostly about how much fits to geography and character from to comic to the real-world, but also comments on the creative process. Next step would be to do a search for the German and French titles, but I'll refrain from doing so for, being already convinced of the notability. You might be interested in "Kritische Bemerkungen zur deutschen und polnischen Übersetzung der Eigennamen im Comic-Band „Astérix en Corse”–eine kognitive Perspektive", though, as it also treats the translation (of proper names) into Polish. Daranios (talk) 15:10, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Daranios Thanks for taking a look. Seems like this is a close call at THEREMAYBESOURCES/SYSTEMIC BIAS (regarding languages). The odds are there are less notable books out there - I'd like to review each and every Asterix comic book, among others. This one can stick around for now, I think. Question is, keep notability template or change it to ? I am still not sure if what we have proves notability beyond doubt, but maybe I am too strict here. Feel free to ping anyone else who may be interested in this. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:13, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've found a partly accessible version of The Signal referring to Asterix in Corsica (I've to use archive.org more). I've also found one more half-page review in 1001 comics you must read before you die, p. 350, referring to the English version, which should push that more into the side of notability (and considers it one of the four Asterix volumes you should read before you die). Daranios (talk) 15:03, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Daranios Thanks. I'll remove the notability template Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 23:27, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notability