Forum:CT Archive/Amending the notability policy for future and canceled products

Hi everyone. This CT has two parts, dealing with proposals to amend the notability policy to include notability requirements for future and canceled products.

The first vote is in regards to future products. Recently, there has been a proliferation of articles for future products that are simply scraped from marketplace listings that say very little about the product. We have no guarantee that what goes up on listing sites is in any way official or accurate. Additionally, many of these end up being canceled, assuming they were ever even going to be released in the first place. For example, a number of "Untitled Star Wars Rebels chapter book" and "Star Wars Rebels Screen Cap Graphic Novel" listings were used to create articles, but those products were canceled. The first vote aims to rectify that by ensuring that articles can only be created for future products if they have been given an official title, the idea being that an official title significantly increases the likelihood that the product will actually be released. The obvious exception is films and television series, since we can be reasonably confident those will be released once announced.

The second vote is in regards to products that have been canceled, and ensuring that we only have articles about canceled products if those products were officially announced at some point. This is much more straight forward, so I won't spend as much time explaining it.

If passed, each vote will amend the notability policy with the text proposed in the following sections. = Brandon Rhea (talk) 21:18, August 17, 2015 (UTC)

Vote 1: Future Products
Proposed amendment to Notability policy: "With the exception of films and television series, articles about future Star Wars products may only be created once an official title has been provided for said product. Title confirmation must come via either an official source, such as Lucasfilm or a publisher, or from mainstream media sources. Internet marketplaces and listing sites, such as Amazon.com and Edelweiss, may only be used as independent confirmation of a future product if the listing specifies an official title."

Support

 * 1) As the proposer. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 21:18, August 17, 2015 (UTC)

Vote 2: Canceled Products
Proposed amendment to Notability policy: "Canceled products may only receive articles if they are confirmed through official sources, such as Lucasfilm or authorial comments, or through mainstream media (example: Battle of the Sith Lords). Internet marketplace and listing sites, such as Amazon.com and Edelweiss, may not be used as independent confirmation of canceled products."

Support

 * 1) As the proposer. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 21:18, August 17, 2015 (UTC)