Since when did fanon stuff became part of this wiki?
News to me. 96.59.223.143 17:03, March 31, 2014 (UTC)
- Fairly recently. Fantomas and I thought it was a good idea, so long as it is clearly marked as such, and doesn't link from any of the main articles. --Bluerock (talk) 17:07, March 31, 2014 (UTC)
- I am very much against this idea, I think this Wiki should be about official releases only. If you want to have fan-made stuff, make a separate sister Wiki - Star Trek fans did this right with Memory Alpha for canon entries and Memory Beta for non-canon ones. M3n747 (talk) 14:34, April 14, 2014 (UTC)
- Agreed. 96.59.223.143 14:57, April 14, 2014 (UTC)
- If there's a strong case for it, maybe that's what we'll do, but so far, most people have been quite positive towards it being included here. --Bluerock (talk) 17:50, April 14, 2014 (UTC)
- Fan-made stuff, while undeniably good at times, simply doesn't belong in a place that is supposed to contain verifiable information sourced from official releases. I visit this Wiki to read about intricacies of the plot of the games, to get details of certain events or insight into some characters - if I feel like reading about the Snakes going on a fishing trip, I head to Fanfiction.net. This Wiki, along with the aforementioned Memory Alpha, is one of the most comprehensive Wikis I know and I wouldn't want to see it diluted by inconsequential stuff. The worst-case example of such dilution I can name is Wookiepedia, which sources nearly everything you can think of, resulting in bloated articles full of information that has sod-all to do with any of the films. An extreme example, sure, but the same general idea - just stick to what's in the actual games and leave other stuff for other places. I can't make a case much stronger than that. :) M3n747 (talk) 20:42, April 15, 2014 (UTC)
- If there's a strong case for it, maybe that's what we'll do, but so far, most people have been quite positive towards it being included here. --Bluerock (talk) 17:50, April 14, 2014 (UTC)
- Agreed. 96.59.223.143 14:57, April 14, 2014 (UTC)
- I am very much against this idea, I think this Wiki should be about official releases only. If you want to have fan-made stuff, make a separate sister Wiki - Star Trek fans did this right with Memory Alpha for canon entries and Memory Beta for non-canon ones. M3n747 (talk) 14:34, April 14, 2014 (UTC)
- M3n747 - You don't like fanon, fine no big deal. But I don't think you should be saying fan fiction material should be removed from the wiki. If you don't want to look at it then don't. Don't open the page, don't ruin other people's fun just because you don't like it. Croyez-en les Militaires Sans Frontières! (talk) 21:38, April 15, 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not saying I don't like it (I wrote my own share of fanfics back in the day), I'm saying that sort of thing has its own place and here's not it. Once you start allowing fan-made content you invite all sorts of it in, and then you're potentially looking at a flood of irrelevance - after all, who's to say that a silly 200-word story about the Mk. II falling in love with a Dwarf Gekko doesn't belong here? Relegate fan works to a sister Wiki, and have a page on fan content here, linking to that sister Wiki - your fan stuff is still available, it's accessible through this Wiki, but everything is neatly filed and separated (I came across one of those fanfic characters in one category with canon characters, which is just misleading). M3n747 (talk) 22:33, April 15, 2014 (UTC)
- M3n747 - You don't like fanon, fine no big deal. But I don't think you should be saying fan fiction material should be removed from the wiki. If you don't want to look at it then don't. Don't open the page, don't ruin other people's fun just because you don't like it. Croyez-en les Militaires Sans Frontières! (talk) 21:38, April 15, 2014 (UTC)