Forum:Web comics

I've noticed a couple of fan-made comics posted on the BBC website as part of the Comic-Maker function, have been added to canon on this wiki. Surely they are as canon as fan-made films, which are non-canon. I think they should be excluded from canon, many have contradicting statements to the TV series. I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit 00:07, December 31, 2009 (UTC)


 * Can you point towards them, the only ones I'm aware of are the BBC Writers' Comics and as Golden Monkey says they're all written by writers of production staff. --Tangerineduel 01:39, January 1, 2010 (UTC)

For

 * --I'm A Hydroponic Tomato! Bigredrabbit 00:07, December 31, 2009 (UTC)
 * However, some of them are created by members of the writing and production staff. Shouldn't we keep content from them, since even if they're non-canonical they're fairly official? --Golden Monkey 22:42, December 31, 2009 (UTC)

Against

 * Not just no, but hell no. Nothing made with the Comics Maker should be on this wiki.. Not sure how you can construct an argument which allows the professional writers' comics in, but disallows the amateur ones.  They both use the same facilities.  I know the professional ones are "featured" by the site, but that makes no difference.  The "professional" comics are really put up there to show kids the potential of the software.  By allowing them as canon, what we're saying is something is canon purely based upon who wrote it.  Which is clearly not a distinction of merit.  If we say this, then every single piece of fan fiction Paul Cornell or Rob Shearman — or whoever — wrote is suddenly debatable. Furthermore, this software, by its very nature, limits the stories that can be told.  You can only use characters that are already there.  Basically, it's the equivalent of those word magnets you put on your refrigerator.  Yes, it might show how clever you are, but there's a world of difference between a sentence created with word magnets and one over which you had complete control.  The former is a puzzle, the latter is actually art.  Same thing with the Comic Maker:  it's more a puzzle limited by the images it provides than a genuine storytelling opportunity.   Czech Out   ☎ | ✍  05:16, January 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * According to a news update on the BBC's site here it seems to suggest that they commissioned the writers to do these comics as a special feature.
 * Where does it say that these were commissioned to show younger users the potential of the comic maker? --Tangerineduel 12:04, January 28, 2010 (UTC)