This page is an archive of a community-wide discussion. This page is no longer live. Further comments or questions on this topic should be made in a new Senate Hall page rather than here so that this page is preserved as a historic record. —Silly Dan (talk) 14:27, October 23, 2009 (UTC) If you're interested in coming up with ways to tighten the existing Wookieepedia:Notability of fan projects policy, please visit User:Silly Dan/Test and discuss possible revisions here. —Silly Dan (talk) 18:55, September 13, 2009 (UTC)
- It is better assembled, I'll say that. -- Riffsyphon1024 01:06, September 14, 2009 (UTC)
- I like it. Like, a lot. Chack Jadson (Talk) 01:35, September 15, 2009 (UTC)
I have a better idea: "Fan project articles go to the Star Wars Fan Wiki without exception." -- Darth Culator (Talk) 01:38, September 15, 2009 (UTC)
- I like Dan's proposal, but Culator's idea might be just a tad too much. —Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 01:43, September 15, 2009 (UTC)
- If we're tightening the existing notability rules, then let's tighten them and not just pay the idea lip service. A "notable" fan project should only be one that overwhelmingly surpasses all requirements, whatever they may be. That being said, per Culator. If they don't pass the requirements beyond a shadow of a doubt, send them to the Star Wars Fan Wiki. It's there for a reason. Toprawa and Ralltiir 01:54, September 15, 2009 (UTC)
- I approve of Culator's idea. It's the same situation as with the SW Merchandise Wiki. Now that we have the spin-off wiki the fan project articles we have now and would have in the future would have needless double articles on the non-canon, OOU fan projects that would never get great recognition or status on the Wook anyway. NaruHina Talk
01:58, September 15, 2009 (UTC) - When this goes to CT, "take all fan project articles elsewhere" will be option B. I personally think we should allow articles on TheForce.Net, the 501st, TROOPS, etc., and I've intentionally come up with requirements I think they'd still pass. —Silly Dan (talk) 02:14, September 15, 2009 (UTC)
- I propose the following addition to Culator's idea: official recognition must be an obligatory - though not sufficient - criteria. 501st Legion, Robot Chicken, TheForce.net, Wookieepedia and everything else that was mentioned in the official site, Insider or any other official source - should stay. Anything that was never mentioned in official sources is non-notable and should go. We should represent the official side of the Star Wars phenomena after all. However, the inclusion on the official site or any other source alone can not be a sufficient criteria all by itself: just because StarWars.com posted an interview with J.J. Abrams once, it doesn't mean that this respected gentleman must have an article on the Wookieepedia. MauserComlink 15:53, September 17, 2009 (UTC)
- That suggestion makes sense in principle (though I'm coming at it from the "keep most existing articles" direction and you seem to be staring with "delete all except these.") I might be more lenient, but still put in some wording that shows that official recognition counts for far more than the same amount of unofficial recognition. —Silly Dan (talk) 20:53, September 17, 2009 (UTC)
- Move them all without exception? Does that mean we delete the Wookieepedia article? O_o SoresuMakashi(Everything I tell you is a lie) 09:50, September 18, 2009 (UTC)
- I'm happy with Dan's proposal, except for the fact that we should make it slightly less of a guideline and word it more strongly. Replace "The following criteria may be used to determine notability" with "A fan project must meet at least one of the following criteria to be considered notable". That one bit of stronger wording, and I think we're fine. Havac 02:59, September 19, 2009 (UTC)
I have started a CT thread here. Please continue the discussion there. Thanks, —Silly Dan (talk) 00:22, September 24, 2009 (UTC)