[WikiEN-l] Fiction and Wikia

Mon Nov 13 15:22:12 UTC 2006

On 11/13/06, Phil Sandifer <Snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 13, 2006, at 3:03 AM, Bryan Derksen wrote:
> > A set of templates with a different look-and-feel and perhaps an
> > appropriate disclaimer, on the other hand, might be better. We often
> > already have plain old external links anyway, though, so I'm not sure
> > it's needed.
>
> I think there's an important line to be drawn between an external
> link and those boxes, though. The external link clearly demarcates
> its contents as something that isn't in Wikipedia. Something like a
> Wikiquote link, on the other hand, serves as a sort of extension of
> the article.
>
> I want to treat the fan-centric links as extensions, because it's
> clear that many editors and many readers expect that material to be
> in Wikipedia. And so we shouldn't just say "Go away." Or even "Go
> somewhere else." We should say "Look, here's where we've found that
> gives you this sort of information." And we should make that easy and
> well-integrated into our overall organization and navigation, because
> there's clearly demand for it.
>
Seems to me the natural solution is to start up a Wikimedia project
for free information on fictional universes.

Anthony