Forum:CT Archive/Sources and social media

Recently, Lucas Online has been increasing its presence in various social media outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter. That's even what led to the creation of FacebookCite and Twitter. Particularly for The Clone Wars TV series, there have been more promotional material released through these sites that should be considered canon. Examples include:
 * (also reposted on Facebook)

There have also been noteworthy Tweets and Facebook comments from Lucasfilm officials like Leland Chee that have been used for citations in articles, including:

We've been using all of these as citation references so far, but we haven't been very consistent about what to do when it comes to compiling Sources lists. Both WP:CANON and the Layout Guide would need to be updated to reflect any changes we decide on, because in their current form we don't have a specific method of handling them. Out of the above list, we only have a policy for how to treat the second list of Tweets (the comments from Chee), as they would fall under "All comments from Leland Chee or other VIPs regarding the content of the Holocron continuity database or official Lucasfilm decrees."

As of right now, the above list of Facebook posts and Tweets&mdash;with a few exceptions&mdash;would be the only things affected by this proposal, since they're the only promotional material released so far. Please see below.

Although it's not really social media, the Official Star Wars Blog has been seeing more activity recently as well; see Forum:SH:Recategorizing the Official Blog. Chee's Chronicling The Clone Wars series on the Official Blog is the main concern. Currently, the Layout Guide categorizes all Star Wars: Blogs posts as External links, yet Chee's series doesn't really fit that category. If anything, it's closer to the articles we used to get on the old StarWars.com before its revamp in September 2011.

In addition to the proposals about Facebook and Twitter, I'm also introducing updates, mainly to the Layout Guide, about recategorizing the Official Blog in light of these blog entries from Chee. See below as well.

Any suggestions for rewording the proposals are welcome. Please make sure to introduce them in the respective "Discussion" sections.  CC7567  (talk) 17:56, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

Updating WP:CANON for Facebook/Twitter
This vote is to add another bullet point to the Canon policy about treating Facebook posts and Tweets as citable resources. We're already using them as such by citing them in articles, so it makes sense to adopt this practice into policy for clarification.

The following bullet point would be added as the second from the bottom of What is considered a valid resource? (right before, "Officially licensed toys and any descriptions on their packaging"):
 * All promotional material released by Lucas Online through social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as posts that contain unique canonical information

Adopt proposal

 *  CC7567  (talk) 17:56, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

Updating LG Sources for Facebook/Twitter
This vote is to add another bullet point to the Layout Guide about listing Facebook posts and Tweets&mdash;from the official Twitter/Facebook accounts, as well as from Chee and other VIPs&mdash;in Sources lists.

The following would be added as the second bullet point on the Sources list, right before "For Databank and Encyclopedia entries&hellip;''":
 * Facebook posts and Tweets containing official promotional material, as well as comments published through those sites from Leland Chee or other VIPs regarding the content of the Holocron continuity database or official Lucasfilm decrees

Adopt proposal

 *  CC7567  (talk) 17:56, February 3, 2013 (UTC)

Updating LG Sources for Official Blog
This vote is to allow Official Blog entries like Chee's Chronicling The Clone Wars series to be listed in Sources lists.

The update would modify the first bullet point of "Sources" on the Layout Guide, which currently reads:
 * Bulleted list of reference books, including sourcebooks from West End Games and Wizards of the Coast, Databank entries, pages on the WotC website, StarWars.com articles, LucasArts websites, game strategy guides, Insider articles, and any other official non-fiction sources.

To:
 * Bulleted list of reference books, including sourcebooks from West End Games and Wizards of the Coast, Databank entries, pages on the WotC website, StarWars.com articles, LucasArts websites, game strategy guides, Insider articles, Star Wars Blog entries with unique canonical information, and any other official non-fiction sources.

Updating LG External links for Official Blog
This vote is to clarify in the "External links" section of the Layout Guide that some Blog entries should be considered as sources.

The following would be added as a sub-bullet on the External links lists, right after "For Wikipedia articles&hellip;"
 * Note that some entries on the Star Wars Blog, such as the Chronicling The Clone Wars series, have unique canonical information and should be treated as Sources.
 * → See Forum:CT Archive/ <--Link to wherever this CT ends up after archiving, assuming its passage-->

Adopt proposal

 *  CC7567  (talk) 17:56, February 3, 2013 (UTC)