StarCraft Wiki talk:Fan content policy

Notability
Scoured the forum, but notability articles always seemed to be confined to one specific area. Went out on a limb and expanded the notability policy. Obviously this is up to peer review, but the basic areas as I see them are:


 * Fan maps: Include as Blizzard/some other sites recognise, but keep them to one article each. Don't want another Night of the Dead on our hands.


 * Fan art: Covered by the image policy. Think it's important to stress though that it should't become the foundation for articles. Otherwise, using Warcraft as an example, we're liable to get a lot of "x the y" articles as per the titles of artwork.


 * Fanfiction: Covers both written material and comics. Think we have to be particuarly cautious here, in that we have a fanfic wiki and in the written sense, anyone can do it and think they're publishing Shakespeare.


 * Fan music: I'm inclined to consider having a category for fan music linked to the music category proper in that I think music articles are more there for entertainment and little else. Regardless, follow Blizzard's lead and group where one can (e.g., if Husky StarCraft gets recognised, keep its songs on the same page rather than making individual articles).

Feel free to edit/add as necessary.--Hawki 07:23, April 14, 2012 (UTC)

Edit: Concerning music...might be better to just make individual track articles and leave out band ones. Blizzard seems more inclined to notice tracks rather than users, and this will save us from making supplemental data. Blizzard recognises Husky's Baneling song, but not the other ones? Keep the baneling one, ignore the others. Works better than creating a Husky article with songs that haven't been recognised.--Hawki 07:26, April 14, 2012 (UTC)

Edit 2: Another snag with the music issue, in that there's the criteria of actual products-as in, something that can be purchased. It's not that difficult to get a song on iTunes as far as I can tell, and people are making money off such songs. Essentially, I'm starting to think about re-evaluating my stance on music. Maybe it should be limited to bands, but only when the band itself is actually recognised. This will prevent us from having to create a music article for every track. Either way, I've cut music out of the policy, as I think it needs full discussion.--Hawki 08:11, April 14, 2012 (UTC)