Choirgrl27

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Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Wheel of Time

Sorry your stuff got reverted. Having secondary sources would help keep it there. I have readded the material about the convention. Have you ever seen it discussed in, say, a newspaper or independent website? Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:09, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Casliber - when Robert Jordan (the author of the Wheel of Time) died, the head of TarValon.Net was quoted in the Los Angeles Times. I believe the head of Dragonmount.com was quoted too. Other than that there hasn't been any newspaper or non-WoT coverage of the websites, as WoT isn't exactly part of mainstream culture. It is incredibly significant, though, that the sites made it into the back cover of hardcover books from Knife of Dreams onward. That was beyond any of the webmasters' wildest dreams years ago. I really think that something about the online culture that's grown around WoT should be on wikipedia, but without newspapers covering us, I don't know what to do. Choirgrl27 (talk) 01:22, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Choirgrl27, the LA times quote is a start. essentially, wikipedia is a bit of a warzone at the fringes of notability - Wikipedia:Notability is a good page to read - one needs to get refs to really cement one's edits here these days (i.e. to avoid removal) - there are other sources which are reliable and independent. I am not hugely up to date with fiction, but I suspect there are some periodicals which focus on fiction and internet culture, or even books. Google books is an ok place to start looking. I'll have a think about this myself. Anyway, there is a concern that there is a bit too much biting of newbies going on which is why I reverted and alerted you. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:29, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

PS: I also rejigged the message to show you how folks traditionally format replies by indenting.