User:Cousin Ettolrhc/Sandbox/Coverage policy
- This is a mockup for what I imagine a new version of T:CS and T:VS to look like. Note that redirects will not be accurate. Cousin Ettolrahc ☎ 09:13, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
Coverage policy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Works of fiction[[edit] | [edit source]]
As a simple result of the fact that it is fictive content which is cited on in-universe articles, the majority of sources we cover are complete works of fiction. However, there are some cases where the in-universe framing device is shaky but still present, such as The Encyclopedia which cites its sources, but otherwise maintains an in-universe perspective [source needed]. Things like this are completely fine because Target novelisations have always contained references to past novelisations in footnotes, and deeming them "not complete works of fiction" would be absurd.
This all being said, works which are in the majority non-fiction but still contain some fictive elements - such as Showrunner Showdown - can have their fictive contents cited on in-universe articles, so long as those articles have an {{NCMaterial}} tag.
Licensedness[[edit] | [edit source]]
As a simple result of the fact we have decided to only cover licensed appearances of "DWU concepts", the vast majority of cited sources on this website will be licensed to use every character and concept they employ. These sources can be cited freely on any in-universe article. It should be noted that we do not care about the licensed status of concepts not pertaining to the DWU.
However, some charity publications and suchlike have featured DWU concepts as authored - or otherwise licensed - by their respective rights-holder, whilst still utilising other licensable concepts not under license. These works do not, by default, recieve a page of their own. Rather, their page should be a redirect to the series or publication to which they pertain, unless they are truly standalone, in which case they can recieve their own page. Such pages should have the {{partially covered}} tag, and should only be cited on the /Non-valid sources subpage of the DWU concept(s) they have a license to.
In the opposite direction, concepts originating in eitehr works which neither violated nor employed DWU concepts are occasionally utilised by license in an otherwise-licensed DWU source. In these cases, the original work can be cited as before. In the case where the original work did not violate any DWU licenses - such as Phoenix Court or Cyber-Hunt - an inclusion debate can be opened for the work.
Some restrictions[[edit] | [edit source]]
A work must be officially released before being covered, but in the majority of cases one will not have recieved a copy before its official release.
Writers should not cite their own works on in-universe articles.
