Forum:Fanon stealing

In the Editing Policy, it states that storyline content and linking to another users' article is fanon stealing. In this discussion, the ambiguity of that has been brought to attention. It's not clear, for example, if using "Mace Windy" could count as fanon stealing because the name comes from the first drafts of Star Wars, let alone if using any fanon character's name would be fine as long as it wasn't linked to, as whether mere names count as storyline content is debatable. Similarly, Darth Persia is a character created by Jasca Ducato, but he made neither parts of the name, so whether using the name "Darth Persia" is fine or not is also debatable.

I propose these options. If anyone has any other ideas, please propose them in the discussion below.
 * Option 1: Using names such as Mace Windy or Darth Persia are completely fine as they're not created by the articles' authors.
 * Option 2: Using names such as Mace Windy or Darth Persia are fine as long as credit is given to the authors who first used them.
 * Option 3: Names such as Mace Windy or Darth Persia would not be allowed to be used whatsoever if they've already been done without permission from the original article's author.
 * Option 4: It's taken to a vote. Similar to the Deletion Policy.
 * Option 5: Administrator descretion is used. For example, an administrator could decide, based on other edits by a user using a name such as the examples above, whether the user was intentionally stealing fanon or only was inspired to take the names from their original source.
 * Option 6: Other users' names can just be used by anyone, as long as the content of an article isn't used. I don't think anyone's going to vote for this, but since this is what it's technically and/or debatedly like with the current policy, it's kind of necessary.

If Option 1 or 2 succeeds, I'll then start another vote of what exactly counts as names taken from original content and names that are stolen. An example being whether or not the name Idnum-Ki is fanon stealing because it's basically Ki-Adi-Mundi in reverse, or whether Jar Binks is because it's only one word taken away from Jar Jar Binks. Drewton  ( Drewton's Holocron ) 19:40, 25 February 2009 (UTC)