Forum:CT Archive/"Notable" fansites

Wookieepedia &gt; Consensus track &gt; 

Forum:Major and Minor Fansites has long since stalled. In the meantime, various fansites, message boards, and online RPG groups have had articles created. These articles usually end up on WP:VFD, and usually get deleted for not being particularly notable.

I'm not sure what constitutes a notable fansite, but I've got some ideas about what isn't. Anyone else care to add to my list, or tell me that I'm out to lunch on this one? &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Longevity

 * A notable fansite should have been in operation for a fairly long time: would a year be sufficient? Or is it too long?&mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Domain name

 * Most notable fansites have their own domain: but this is not really a guarantee of notability, since domain names are cheap enough that people without any real content to put up could buy one. I also note that The Star Wars Fanboy Association, a fairly notable site, shares its domain with a G.I. Joe comics page operated by the same webmaster.  Similarly, SWTC and Timetales are part of TheForce.Net, and CUSWE only recently moved (back?) to its own domain.  So I don't think we should worry about this. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Message boards

 * Due to the many small message boards out there, I suspect that very few of them are notable. Unless they're part of a fansite which contains susbstantial content other than the message board, or notable Star Wars people have posted there, let's just delete them on sight. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Merging with other articles

 * A blog kept by an author, a message board run by a company, or something similar, would best be left as an external link on the author or company's article. The various features on StarWars.com, or the really big fansites like TFN, are exceptions to this rule. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Number of articles

 * Likewise, almost every fansite that's worth an article is only worth one article. We don't need articles on every person, group, feature, and in-joke associated with sites of only moderate notability. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Gaming sites

 * A "guild" of online gamers is almost never notable enough for an article. A site about a video game or an RPG might be, however. Some video game mods might also be notable enough for articles, like the one on the group resurrecting the lost KOTOR 2 ending. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Where to put minor sites?

 * List of fan sites can probably list a lot of the sites which don't fit these criteria, though some sites aren't even notable enough to put on that list. For instance, if someone linked to their blog where they briefly mention Star Wars maybe two or three times a year, that link should be removed. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)