[[WP:EL]] can be reached by [[WP:FANSITE]], but I see nothing on the page specifically mentioning fansites. How are these to be treated?
(The specific case I'm looking into is the four edits at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/76.87.38.221. I have already reverted one of them.)
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Chris Howie cdhowie@gmail.com wrote:
[[WP:EL]] can be reached by [[WP:FANSITE]], but I see nothing on the page specifically mentioning fansites. How are these to be treated?
I don't think you need anything specific. Random fansites are probably poor candidates for external links. However, fansites with some kind of official blessing might be good, or ones frequented by notable people connected with whatever-they're-a-fansite-of, or long-established and high-traffic ones in some cases.
-Matt
2008/7/28 Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com
I don't think you need anything specific. Random fansites are probably poor candidates for external links. However, fansites with some kind of official blessing might be good, or ones frequented by notable people connected with whatever-they're-a-fansite-of, or long-established and high-traffic ones in some cases.
-Matt
A good example of an "official" fansite is The Simpsons Archive ( www.snpp.com).