Joe Anderson wrote:
Cool Cat recently created an article called Starfleet Uniformshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfleet_Uniforms, and it was nominated for deletion as cruft and OR.
The screencaps/promo photos in the article, IMO, acted as a reputable source. I mean, how else (canonically) are you going to know about the uniform switch between TOS and TNG? Using a book is not canonical, and therefore is surely not [[WP:V]].
There are such things as Star Trek encyclopediae, which report canon and real life (and probably not fanfic/other non-canon).
While the TV shows are canonical (as are the movies (except where continuity fails, cf. /Enterprise/)), using a screencap is close to original research and on dangerous ground wrt. using "fair use" as an excuse for copyright infringement.
As for fancruft, how is an article about Starfleet uniforms fancruft. In some people's opinion, any article to do with any fictional is fancruft. But is the article on Jean-Luc Picard fancruft? I think not.
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