Talk:Fan fiction

Something new
Since I saw one of our editors starting some fan fiction I thought we might as well allow it, and made this page. Thoughts? -- Ned Scott 08:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Have you considered a page to document notable fanfiction (with a synopsis, which series (or series's) of Digimon it is concerning, Digimon featured) with links to wherever it may be? Although that would then have the problem of what counts as notable. Not exactly sure whether an actual fanfiction story page will take off on a wiki, writers don't tend to want others copying/changing their writing. I know I sure wouldn't publish any of my fanfics (see Fanfiction.net, same username) on a wiki, in spite of the benefits obviously of direct linking out of the documents into particular Digimon pages. I have considered doing a wiki regarding my Dimensions series before though, although it'd be a single editor wiki in the style of Danneel Rush's GOSPEL wiki for his fanfics.


 * Going back to my original point, I suppose it does also run the risk of having the writer of the story be the only editor. Hmm...


 * Thoughts? --Blazing Chaos 17:38, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I totally agree. More fanfiction deserves to be here than just three articles... Copycat-The-Unknown 04:54, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a good idea to me. It could be like how some people are starting to write up about fansites in Category:Fansites. The three on this page where simply left over from when someone started to write a fanfiction on Digimon Wiki, and I wasn't sure where to put it. Feel free to take the page in another direction, and explore new ideas. -- Ned Scott 19:10, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Heh, I would start making pages about my own fanfiction, but I have the feeling that that would somewhat go against the concept of NPOV (although I think I've learnt to write NPOV from various wiki experience, with the help of pedantism of course). There is also the issue of spoilers, particularly in serials such as the one I have been writing . Hmm...bit of a difficulty in being comprehensive when the users could then read the story, ruining some major plot details.


 * What sort of info do you think would be good to have on pages about FanFiction? Should it be grouped into serials (such as Dimensions as a whole) or as single works (such as just Book 1 on its own, then Book 2 and so on)? Curiously, how would linked serials fit into this, such as Daneel Rush's Tamers Forever-GOSPEL series?


 * The idea sounds sound, we just need to apply it correctly. --Blazing Chaos 11:01, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't worry to much about NPOV/COI for fan fiction/fan site articles, since it's more of a concern for "main" articles. If we're inviting people to make their own fan fiction on Digimon Wiki, then it should be fine for people to write about their fan fiction as well. Think of those pages more like a directory. Plus Wikia has a built in page-ranking feature that can help self-regulate some of this stuff.


 * I'm not sure about the style issues you bring up. My first impression would be to keep things grouped as serials. I'm not too familiar with current Digimon Fanfiction, so I'm unsure about your examples. Do you have a link for them? -- Ned Scott 05:42, 15 April 2008 (UTC)