Fan History recently clarified our deletion policies in response to on wiki deletion requests related to fanzine covers. The following is the current version that is subject to change as we continue to evaluate and refine our policies. If we make any major changes to this, we will make a new post.
Fan art and fanzine covers
Fan art, including fanzine covers, presents an issue of specific concern at Fan History. We believe that fan artists should have control over where their work is hosted, yet wiki contributors may feel that the inclusion of a piece of fan art is important in an article when documenting fannish history. (“Fan art” as Fan History defines it for these purposes includes but is not necessarily limited to photomanipulations and original hand-drawn or digitally-created artwork of fannish content. Please note that simple screencaptures, magazine/article scans, and other images which have not been significantly altered from another copyright holder’s image, video, or other property is not considered “fan art”.)
Likewise, Fan History believes that we can complete our mission of documenting the history of fanzines in fandom without copies of fanzine covers. We also believe that, in general, we comply with fair use when we upload copies of covers. These covers can illustrate the contents of a fanzine, artist styles during certain time periods, help people understand who fan artists were that were active in fandom. Because of this, we allow users to submit fanzine covers.
We will honor requests that fanzine cover art and other types of fan art be deleted. If you are the creator of a piece of fan art to be deleted (or the publisher of a ‘zine which included a piece of fan art) you should complete the following steps to have any uploaded images removed:
- E-mail delete@fanhistory.com. The e-mail should include:
- Links to all cover/fan art that you wish to be deleted.
- Some proof that you are the artist (or publisher for the fanzine including the piece of fan art).
After you have made this request including the necessary information, please allow up to two weeks for an administrator to respond. The administrator will delete the images. If an article includes the image, it will either be replaced with an image saying the cover art has been deleted at the artist’s request or the image link will be removed from the article. After the administrator has completed these steps, you will receive an e-mail confirming this. (You can also monitor the wiki to check for these changes.) Please note that, as with article deletion requests, it is up to the creator of the removed image to monitor the wiki to see that the image is not re-uploaded at a later time, and to submit a new deletion request if it is.
Fanzine article deletion request
If you are the publisher of a fanzine, you may request an article about your fanzines be deleted. The process is similar to that of people article deletion requests. This is done as a courtesy to the fan community. Requests will be honored depending on the availability of Fan History’s staff and the rationale behind the reason for requesting deletion. Please allow up to two weeks for a response from the administrators upon submitting a request.
- The publisher of the fanzine featured in the the article in question sends an e-mail to delete@fanhistory.com. The e-mail should include the following:
- The url of the article(s) that the person is seeking to have be deleted. Without this information the administrators may not be able to find your entry.
- Proof that the person is the publisher of those fanzines.
- A rationale for deleting of the article(s).
- An acknowledgment that the publisher understands that Fan History is a wiki that anyone can edit, and that it is their job to monitor the wiki to make certain no one creates a new article on the same subject, as it is not the administrators’ job to do so.
- After having e-mailed the deletion request, the deletion requestor must add the following text to the talk page (see the “talk” tab) of the article to be deleted:
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- {{Fanzine ADR}}
This will add a text box that looks like:
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The publisher of this fanzine requests that wiki contributors not recreate the article.
The publisher that made this request understands that Fan History is a wiki and that anyone can recreate the article using a different title. They ask that you do not. Please respect their wishes or contact them for additional details.
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. After you have done that, type (or copy and paste) the following message:
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- I am the publisher of this fanzine and I have requested that this article be deleted from Fan History. I ask that other contributors to the wiki please respect my wishes to not be included. I understand that this is a wiki and that other contributors may choose to create another article about me or reference this fanzine elsewhere in the wiki. Because of that, I understand it is my job to regularly check that no one has created a similar article against my wishes. –~~~~
After both of those steps have been completed, the rationale for deletion and importance of the fanzine in fandom history will be reviewed. Depending on the rationale involved, the article will most likely be deleted. If the rationale is deemed insufficient or the fanzine has been determined to be too important to the history of fandom, the article will not be deleted. If that happens, the following template will be placed on the article page:
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This article is not eligible for deletion because it does not meet ADR requirements.
Please see the talk page for this article for additional information detailing what made this article notable. If this article is about you and you have questions, please see your talk page or e-mail support[@]fanhistory[.]com.
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The ADR request will be removed from the talk page and there will be additional comment on the talk page explaining why.
Can you explain notability some more?
Fan History has a policy not to delete articles about fans who are determined to be notable. The definition of notable is up to the discretion of the administrator dealing with the deletion request. In most cases, administrators consult with others before determining if a person is notable.
General guidelines: Not notable
- A fan is not notable if the article is was created by a bot and has had no edits to it since,
- A fan is not notable if they are not mentioned on other articles on Fan History,
- A fan is not notable if they have very little google exposure, and
- A fan is not notable if they have fewer than 20 fans, “followers” or “friends” on services like Twitter or LiveJournal.
General guidelines: Notable
- A fan is notable if they have been featured on fandom wank,
- A fan is notable if they have been mentioned by mainstream media, and
- A fan is notable if they have more than 1000 followers on a social media service like Twitter or LiveJournal.
- A fanzine is notable if there was a major kerfluffle around it.
- A fanzine may be notable if it won an award like a FanQ.
- A fanzine may be notable if it is represents a trend in fanzine production, content or because of the contributors.
- A fanzine may be notable if it has been cited and/or mentioned in a professionally published book or academic article on fandom.
When there is a question regarding notability, the practice is to error on the side of non-notable.
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