Forum:Call of Wikia

This may not be the most pressing of concerns but this doesn't need to be a massive debate. Call of Wikia III is nearing completion, I was told... I think several years ago by now that it wouldn't be allowed on this Wiki as it was deemed a "Roleplay." In it's defense, I don't see the harm it was doing, and alot of people seemed to enjoy reading it and talking about it.

If it goes on Nazi Zombies Plus it will have a much smaller audience, I've noticed many people don't seem to like to leave their comfort zones and say, comment on a blog from another Wiki. The plot still heavily revolves around Call of Duty Wiki, that being where it starts and where almost all of Act 3 takes place.

So for the most part a simple yes or no question, can Call of Wikia III be posted as a blog on this Wiki?

The entirety of the first draft of Act 1 is available here: http://nazizombiesplus.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Magma-Man/Christmas_Present_2013

Discussion
No. As outlined in the past, we do not cover any fan based works. There is already a Wikia site for fan based work, and it should stay there. While it may be fine to post a blog telling people about said story then linking to the other website to which the blog is located. However we are not the place to directly host fan created works. 17:23, April 11, 2014 (UTC)

I'd say it's fine. Unlike most people on the wiki, I actually know how much work you've put into this and how long you've been working on it, and that alone influences me to make an exception and allow you to post it here. This is clearly a thing you wanted to do for the community, I know you've alerted me as well as several other users (Though N7 is the only one that I can think of off the top of my head) that they play a role in the story and I'm sure a large majority of the community would find reading through it and seeing what role they have in the story fun, or even giving you suggestions to include them in the "DLC" I know you've been talking about doing. Plus this isn't exactly a "Fanon" piece of writing. It's written in the structure of a game, but it's clearly meant to be a fun piece of writing and story that includes users from around the wiki, specifically from Call of Duty wiki. If we can have stuff like that in the form of things like Batman's "CoD Wiki Lore" I think it's totally fine to let you post it on the wiki. I'd even consider allowing it to be posted under community news, cause it is in no way poorly made and, once again, fun for the community.

The only thing keeping you from posting this is basically the COD:NOT policy section on fanon, but since this would be in the form of a blog, not a page, and isn't actually fan fiction about call of duty but rather a story about CoD Wiki Users, I'd say it doesn't actually qualify to violate that policy. In the worst case scenario, I'd option we simply Ignore All Rules and allow an exception to be made in Call of Wikia III's case.

To sum it up, I have no problem with it and think it would be fun and rather unnecesarry to disallow it. 18:25, April 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * Granted he has put time and effort into this. However he already has a Wiki to put it on. As I said, I have no issues with blogs that direct people to the main articles on the other wiki. However I do not believe we should allow the creation of fan made content, that merely features the aspects of CoD, and not discuss them (like our opinion blogs do) on to the Community News. Especially when we already have policies and prior consensus to not allow such content. Batman's page is a sandbox page. And while I do not know if it was made before or after we set up the rules in regards to fan created content, it is in the userspace, and not blog space, nor categorised in any special manner. Using IAR in this instance simply does not work, as to quote the policy itself it should used "If there is any rule(s) that is inhibiting from making this wiki a better and/or more descriptive site", however allowing this blog to pass would not achieve either of these critea. 19:16, April 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * Except as he states in his opening his wiki does not have nearly the size of viewship that ours has, and that's why he is asking permission. And we both know a Blog + a Link is not gonna get the viewership that a simple blog would get. And don't hold the community thing against him, that was my personal suggestion because I feel this is something the community will have fun with an enjoy. If we can have weekly news blogs full of jokes, with barely anything related to cod or the community, I feel one instance of a story about cod wiki members just for fun is totally fine. We have a single section of the COD:NOT policy which references fanon, and is written in a way that only seems to indicate it should not be allowed on the mainspace. Seeing as that's what the fanon wiki is anyway, and this story, once again, IS NOT CALL OF DUTY FANON but is instead related to the COD WIKI COMMUNITY I don't see how that policy can even be applied. And I feel my use of IAR is entirely justified, as since I actually did read the policy before suggesting it, I felt that allowing the story qualified as "better" for the wiki because, once again, it is a one time thing meant just for fun and able to reflect on the larger CoD Wiki community. 19:34, April 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * It's still fan created' content that features members of the community. Generally, it's not our fault if the wiki designed for fanon doesn't get as many views as the site that isn't. However that's likely because people are coming to this site mainly for information. IAR in essence refers to when we're making an edit it would be against policy, but would be beneficial to have and make the Wiki better should be done. Posting someone's fan created content will not make our Wiki any better. Yes, it may well be be a bit of fun, but that in itself does not physically make the Wiki any better. I will grant it does not make it any worse, however, as polices are in place to prevent the addition of fan created content then we should not have it. I have no issues with him making his own blog and putting a link, or perhaps in the next Weekly News whomever makes it adds a link under the "Community News" section. However, as it stands, we should not be allowing the use of fan created content, and IAR is not sufficient enough to warrant otherwise. 19:45, April 11, 2014 (UTC)
 * jesus christ sam get a grip this is a wiki you're running not the united states of america, if someone wants to post something they have spent bloody ages on and would like to get more than 2 people to read it then they should be allowed to post it here. It's not gonna cause wars to erupt across the globe it's literally one blog 19:48, April 11, 2014 (UTC)