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RobinZimm Since: Jan, 2001
#26: Oct 24th 2013 at 11:48:25 AM

Sorry to bump this thread after so long, but I was YouTubing today and stumbled over this music video for OK Go's song "I'm Not Through". It was originally created as an entry in a music video directing contest, but even so I would say that it definitely qualifies as a fan work and I would love to add it to a page associated with OK Go...

...but at the moment, the two fanwork namespaces — FanFic/ and FanWork/ — seem to be restricted solely to text works and reserved for indices of other pages, respectively. And this isn't fiction and it isn't really worthy of its own page.

My own inclination would be to broaden the definition of the FanWork/ namespace to include works without their own pages, but it would be equally possible to either broaden the FanFic/ namespace to include non-fics or to just make a page for the video.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#27: Oct 24th 2013 at 12:02:29 PM

We don't normally make pages for individual music videos (or songs). If you want, you can mention it under an Official Fan-Submitted Content entry on the band's Trivia page.

edited 24th Oct '13 12:03:27 PM by TotemicHero

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#28: Oct 24th 2013 at 12:03:16 PM

FanWork isn't a namespace. FanWorks is a section for the paggs of a work's fanworks.

YouTube videos are namespaced under WebVideo and sometimes WebAnimation - with the exception of Fan Fic, being fanwork isn't an important enough distinction to warrant its own namespace.

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RobinZimm Since: Jan, 2001
#29: Oct 24th 2013 at 12:38:18 PM

Totemic Hero: That actually sounds like the way to go in this case — thanks! (I guess that leaves the broader question unanswered, but c'est la vie!)

MetaFour Since: Jan, 2001
#30: Oct 24th 2013 at 8:08:34 PM

We don't normally make pages for individual music videos (or songs).
We have sixteen pages for individual music videos.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
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#31: Oct 24th 2013 at 9:25:25 PM

Sixteen out of how many thousands of existing music videos?

There's a reason I put "normally" in that sentence.

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