Forum:CT Archive/Modernizing Notability of fan projects

Wookieepedia's current Notability of fan projects has long been decried for not being restrictive enough. In its original CT, I and others called it something that was better than nothing, but the intention was always to improve it, and I feel the time has come.

I hereby propose a new and more restrictive policy regarding what kinds of fan-related articles are permitted on Wookieepedia. I've basically tightened the requirements to place all the emphasis on two main categories for demonstrating notability: Official Lucasfilm recognition and Mainstream media recognition. The policy also restricts fan films, which, in case you haven't noticed, is a universal trend on Wookieepedia. In 2012, we purged Wookieepedia of all fan films. The idea is that the Star Wars Fanpedia exists for a reason. It's one of our Official Friends, and it's well maintained by Brandon Rhea, so it's a resource we should be utilizing more. But perhaps the most important change/clarification in this policy is a greater emphasis on community autonomy in allowing us to determine what types of fan articles we want to exist here. Even if something does meet these notability requirements, we still have the power as a community to delete it if we feel it doesn't belong here. In other words, it allows us greater freedom to decide things on a case-by-case basis rather than being shackled by an imperfect policy.

The proposal can be read here.

In a second vote below, I present a vote to determine how to handle Official Friends of Wookieepedia. I've heard it suggested previously that Official Friends have articles by simple virtue of being Official Friends regardless of notability. The flip side to that argument is that we have the aforementioned Official Friends page, where these websites/groups are listed, and anything that doesn't have an article can be redirected and presented there. (We can always update/expand/improve that page, by the way.) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 21:17, December 11, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 1: Notability of fan projects
This vote regards ratification of the proposed policy.

Support

 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 21:17, December 11, 2014 (UTC)

Vote 2: Official Friends
This vote is to determine whether existing Official Friends of Wookieepedia should have articles by virtue of being Official Friends regardless of notability. Vote Support if you believe all Official Friends should have articles regardless of notability; Vote Oppose if you believe non-notable Official Friends should simply be redirected to the Official Friends page. If Vote 1 passes, a minor clause may be added to that new policy page depending on the turnout of Vote 2 here.