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The result was redirect to Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 02:51, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man story arcs[edit]

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Page is intended to list all individual storylines in a comic book, despite the fact that the first story hasn't been published entirely yet, and won't be for about a month, if the solicitations are correct. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and we shouldn't assume that there will ever be enough stories to warrant a separate article. Plus, all of the info on this page is already featured in the "Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man" article, making this one redundant. Friginator (talk) 23:35, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

However if we keep this page it means we can clean up the Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man page. I have created this because that page is too messy and will get too big eventually. JFBeard (talk) 00:29, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What you're saying is basically WP:RISING. There isn't a single complete story arc yet, let alone enough to fill a page. And again, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Encyclopedias should not predict or reflect the future. Friginator (talk) 18:06, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. —Emperor (talk) 01:08, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article already exist! List of Ultimate Spider-Man story arcs Redirect to there. Dream Focus 01:59, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's a separate series, and the page shouldn't include info on other comics. Friginator (talk) 02:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man for now. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 03:22, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, pure plot retelling, which Wikipedia is Not. Also, unsourced. Abductive (reasoning) 09:53, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, story arc articles tend to be a bad solution to a problem that is better fixed other ways and the need for one is often a sign the article is violating WP:PLOT and WP:WAF, splitting out all that material just leads to an article that still has those problems. However, UC: S-M hasn't even got to that point yet, so starting the article now seems a bad idea. I'd suggest if you get the plot trimmed right back there should be no need for such an article (if you think there is then start a split discussion and alert WT:CMC and we'll look over the issue and see if it is the best solution). (Emperor (talk) 17:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Redirect to Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man for now per WP:CRYSTAL, there is not enough content to warrant a separate page at this time. Cerebellum (talk) 20:37, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.