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'''''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia''' is a Fandom-host, fanon-themed wiki providing the service of space for sharing one's own ''Star Wars'' fanon, fanart, and fanfiction online.
Having existed for five years, '''''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia''' has enriched its resources with approximately 2700 articles, which grands it the fifth place among the Polish wikis in the ''Creative'' category and simultaneously puts it among the fifty largest wikis of the Polish Fandom. By popular vote, it was awarded the 2nd place in the competition "The Wiki of the Year 2019" in the ''Creative'' category.
 
   
Ever since the foundation, ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia has been edited by almost two hundred users, with over seventy of them resolving to enter the community of Fanonpedists with the aim of publishing their own ''Star Wars''-related invention.
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Ever since founded on July 5th, 2015, ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia has attained the threshold of 2913 articles,<ref name="asof" /> published by nearly two thousand users, 85 out of whom have since joined the community of Fanonpedists in order to share their own fanon creation.
   
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''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia is the fifth largest Polish Fandom community within the ''Creative'' category, in addition to taking the 2nd place in the competition "The Wiki of the Year 2019" within the aforementioned category. Moreover, it is one among the fifty largest wikis of the Polish Fandom.
The tolerated and supported articles include both the serious and humorous ones, which sets the wiki apart from akin pages of similar ranges of topic. The administrators reserve no permission for judging users' creativity. For all the tolerance of the invention, all the contents deemed as breaching the netiquette are subject to immediate removal.
 
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The tolerated and supported articles include both the serious and humorous ones, which sets the wiki apart from akin pages of similar ranges of topic. The management reserves no permission for judging users' creativity. For all the tolerance of the invention, all the contents recognized to breach the netiquette are subject to immediate removal.
   
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
Originally pertaining to LEGO ''Star Wars'' self-designed constructions, ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia was founded on July 5th, 2015, at 11:38 p.m. as LEGO ''Star Wars'' Fanon Library (pl.lswfanon.wikia.com). The permissions of administrator were granted to Mustafar29, PikPL, Gial Ackbar, and Henio z Tesco, except PikPL lost them on July 9th due to his withdrawal from Wikia. Technically started by Mustafar29, the wiki's founders are considered to be the four altogether.
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Originally pertaining to LEGO ''Star Wars'' self-designed constructions, ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia was founded on July 5th, 2015, at 11:38 p.m., as LEGO ''Star Wars'' Fanon Library (pl.lswfanon.wikia.com). The permissions of administrator were granted to Mustafar29, PikPL, Gial Ackbar, and Henio z Tesco, except PikPL lost them on July 9th due to his withdrawal from Wikia. Technically started by Mustafar29, the wiki's founders are considered to be the four altogether.
   
The day of July 25th brought a finish to the first Featured Article election, which would later be cultivated as a wiki tradition, ascending Leia Windu to that position. On August 10th, TerrorDaktyl joined the wiki management, given the rights of moderator. In September, a quarrel arose between the user Komandor Fly and the wiki management, resulting in him abandoning the LEGO ''Star Wars'' Fanon Library in favor of ''Star Wars'' Fanon Library, those days also referred to as the Library of Arkania. The mass copying of ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia's self-invented templates and habits, arranged on the Library of Arkania by Komandor Fly, disunited the two communities, leading them to enter in disputes as to whether the authorship should be recognized and marked and causing a number of user flows between the wikis, not stabilized until the mid-2018.
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The day of July 25th brought a finish to the first Featured Article election, which would later be cultivated as a wiki tradition, ascending Leia Windu to that position. On August 10th, TerrorDaktyl was incorporated into the wiki management, allowed the rights of moderator. In September, a quarrel arose between the user Komandor Fly and the wiki management, resulting in his abandonment of the LEGO ''Star Wars'' Fanon Library in favor of ''Star Wars'' Fanon Library, also referred to as the Library of Arkania. The mass copying of ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia's self-invented templates and habits, arranged on the Library of Arkania by Komandor Fly, disunited the two communities, leading them to enter in disputes as to whether the authorship should be recognized and marked, and caused a number of user flows between the wikis, not stabilized until the mid-2018.
   
The subsequent November brought a disruptive change to ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia, namely the rebranding. Other amendments also included a consequent update to the wordmark and to the URL, which assumed the form of pl.starwarsfanon.wikia.com. Those actions were taken so as to better reflect what the site had become by itself. Thereby, it was not an arbitrary decision stemming from a new idea as to which course should be taken in the future, but rather an effect yielded by users' contribution, which came to persistently deviate from what the wiki was started as.
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The subsequent November brought a disruptive change to ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia, namely the rebranding. Other amendments also included a consequent update to the wordmark and to the URL, which assumed the form of pl.starwarsfanon.wikia.com. The purpose of that action was to better reflect what the site had become by itself. Thereby, it was not an arbitrary decision stemming from a new idea as to which course should be taken in the future, but rather an effect yielded by users' contribution, which came to persistently deviate from what the wiki was started as.
   
TerrorDaktyl resigned from his permissions on August 15, 2016. In September, the ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia forum was supplanted by Discussions. Mustafar29 abandoned the wiki and simultaneously gave up his rights on March 17, 2017. While originally certain never to come back, he did not return until June 9, with his previous permissions given back no sooner than July.
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TerrorDaktyl resigned from his permissions on August 15, 2016. In September, the ''Star Wars'' Fanonpedia forum was supplanted by Discussions. Mustafar29 abandoned the wiki and simultaneously gave up his rights on March 17, 2017. While originally certain never to come back, his return did not come until June 9, with his previous permissions given back no sooner than July.
   
 
On June 11, a Discord server was founded, remaining in use to this day. On June 14, the wiki URL was changed for another time, with gwfanon.wikia.com installed in place on the previous one.
 
On June 11, a Discord server was founded, remaining in use to this day. On June 14, the wiki URL was changed for another time, with gwfanon.wikia.com installed in place on the previous one.
   
Following a year of poor activity, the community did not vivify until March 2018, which contributed to the proclamation of the Community Policy and nonetheless necessitated the appointment of a new management. That included Gial Ackbar, raised to the rank of thread moderator, and Michael2310, to the rank of content moderator. With Gial Ackbar's resignation coming in September, his permissions devolved on Cashao, once known as Komandor Fly, who rejoined the community, re-localized by Mustafar29. Upon a range of perturbation regarding his holding of the permissions, Michael2310 was eventually deprived of them in 2020, continuing to actively participate in the wiki's public life regardless.
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Following a year of poor activity, the community vivified no sooner than March 2018, which contributed to the proclamation of the Community Policy and moreover necessitated the appointment of a new management. That included Gial Ackbar, raised to the rank of thread moderator, and Michael2310, to the rank of content moderator. With Gial Ackbar's resignation coming in September, his permissions devolved on Cashao, once known as Komandor Fly, who rejoined the community once re-localized by Mustafar29. Upon a range of perturbation regarding his holding of the permissions, Michael2310 was eventually deprived of them in 2020, nonetheless continuing to actively participate in the wiki's public life.
   
 
== Administrators ==
 
== Administrators ==

Revision as of 14:20, 29 December 2020

Real-world article
Fanonpedia
Star Wars Fanonpedia
URL

https://gwfanon.fandom.com

Commercial?

No

Type

Fandom wiki

Language(s)

Polish

Registration

Optional

Owner

Fandom, Inc.

Created by
Launched

July 05, 2015

Current status

Active

Article count

2913[1]

Star Wars Fanonpedia is a Fandom-host, fanon-themed wiki providing the service of space for sharing one's own Star Wars fanon, fanart, and fanfiction online.

Ever since founded on July 5th, 2015, Star Wars Fanonpedia has attained the threshold of 2913 articles,[1] published by nearly two thousand users, 85 out of whom have since joined the community of Fanonpedists in order to share their own fanon creation.

Star Wars Fanonpedia is the fifth largest Polish Fandom community within the Creative category, in addition to taking the 2nd place in the competition "The Wiki of the Year 2019" within the aforementioned category. Moreover, it is one among the fifty largest wikis of the Polish Fandom.

The tolerated and supported articles include both the serious and humorous ones, which sets the wiki apart from akin pages of similar ranges of topic. The management reserves no permission for judging users' creativity. For all the tolerance of the invention, all the contents recognized to breach the netiquette are subject to immediate removal.

History

Originally pertaining to LEGO Star Wars self-designed constructions, Star Wars Fanonpedia was founded on July 5th, 2015, at 11:38 p.m., as LEGO Star Wars Fanon Library (pl.lswfanon.wikia.com). The permissions of administrator were granted to Mustafar29, PikPL, Gial Ackbar, and Henio z Tesco, except PikPL lost them on July 9th due to his withdrawal from Wikia. Technically started by Mustafar29, the wiki's founders are considered to be the four altogether.

The day of July 25th brought a finish to the first Featured Article election, which would later be cultivated as a wiki tradition, ascending Leia Windu to that position. On August 10th, TerrorDaktyl was incorporated into the wiki management, allowed the rights of moderator. In September, a quarrel arose between the user Komandor Fly and the wiki management, resulting in his abandonment of the LEGO Star Wars Fanon Library in favor of Star Wars Fanon Library, also referred to as the Library of Arkania. The mass copying of Star Wars Fanonpedia's self-invented templates and habits, arranged on the Library of Arkania by Komandor Fly, disunited the two communities, leading them to enter in disputes as to whether the authorship should be recognized and marked, and caused a number of user flows between the wikis, not stabilized until the mid-2018.

The subsequent November brought a disruptive change to Star Wars Fanonpedia, namely the rebranding. Other amendments also included a consequent update to the wordmark and to the URL, which assumed the form of pl.starwarsfanon.wikia.com. The purpose of that action was to better reflect what the site had become by itself. Thereby, it was not an arbitrary decision stemming from a new idea as to which course should be taken in the future, but rather an effect yielded by users' contribution, which came to persistently deviate from what the wiki was started as.

TerrorDaktyl resigned from his permissions on August 15, 2016. In September, the Star Wars Fanonpedia forum was supplanted by Discussions. Mustafar29 abandoned the wiki and simultaneously gave up his rights on March 17, 2017. While originally certain never to come back, his return did not come until June 9, with his previous permissions given back no sooner than July.

On June 11, a Discord server was founded, remaining in use to this day. On June 14, the wiki URL was changed for another time, with gwfanon.wikia.com installed in place on the previous one.

Following a year of poor activity, the community vivified no sooner than March 2018, which contributed to the proclamation of the Community Policy and moreover necessitated the appointment of a new management. That included Gial Ackbar, raised to the rank of thread moderator, and Michael2310, to the rank of content moderator. With Gial Ackbar's resignation coming in September, his permissions devolved on Cashao, once known as Komandor Fly, who rejoined the community once re-localized by Mustafar29. Upon a range of perturbation regarding his holding of the permissions, Michael2310 was eventually deprived of them in 2020, nonetheless continuing to actively participate in the wiki's public life.

Administrators

The administrators take care of the wiki's and the community's goodness. They are composed of chat moderators, thread moderators, content moderators, and administrators, one of which is appointed to hold the bureaucrat permission.

List of administrators:

  • Mustafar29 – the bureaucrat since 2017
  • Cashao – a thread moderator since 2019

Customs and traditions

The current logo was designed by Mustafar29 and released official on September 2, 2019.

Featured Article

The Featured Article has been present in Star Wars Fanonpedia's history from the very beginning, with the first election finished within a month following the day of foundation. As itself, the rank of Featured Article is the highest award to be granted for a user, with the exception of other competitions held occasionally, e.g. Article of the Year etc.

Community Policy

1. Star Wars Fanonpedia as a website Star Wars Fanonpedia is a wiki operating on Fandom under the ``gwfanon`` subdomain, whose purpose is the service of space to create and share one's own invention pertaining to Star Wars. Star Wars Fanonpedia legitimates the wiki wordmark in the version of September 2, 2019.

2. The community of Fanonpedists The community of Star Wars Fanonpedia is comprised of Fanonpedists, as one of whom any user is recognized with a minimum of one main-namespaced article in their category, a self-created game, or a self-published short story. Fanonpedists are eligible to engage in the wiki, being on whom the most relevant issues ought to be dependent. The Active Fanonpedist is a term applying to all the fanonpedists whose contribution to the wiki has occurred within 30 days predating the day on which a Discussions post necessitating their involvement is created and remain unblocked.

3. Permissions

  1. The Team of Administrators is headed by the Bureaucrat, who is simultaneously entitled to the role of administrator. A recall of the incumbent Bureaucrat ought to be approved by the community of the Active Fanonpedists. The request ought to be constructive, meaning it necessitate a proposition of a new candidacy for bureaucratship. In the case of the Bureaucrat relinquishing their permissions, an election is conducted by posting an appropriate Discussions thread, wherein a vote ought to be allowed to all of the Active Fanonpedists, or a request for a wiki adoption is submitted.
  1. The permissions of administrator are granted to active fanonpedists typified by a large experience and the community's approval by the Bureaucrat. A request for giving or taking the permissions of administrator can be submitted by any Fanonpedist by creating an appropriate Discussions thread, where any Active Fanonpedist ought to be allowed a vote. The Bureaucrat, upon a consultation with the other administrators, can lay a claim to refuse to grant the permissions to a user elected in this way should a lack of sufficient experience have been decided.
  1. The Bureaucrat gives the permissions of content moderator to fanonpedists nominated by the administrators and takes them with no necessity to consult the community. The Bureaucrat gives the permissions of thread moderator to large-experienced and community-approved fanonpedists. A request for giving or taking the permissions of thread moderator can be submitted by any Fanonpedist by starting an appropriate Discussions post, where a vote ought to be allowed to all of the Active Fanonpedists.
  1. The Bureaucrat gives the permissions of chat moderator to large-experienced and community-approved fanonpedists or active users of the Discord server. A request for giving ot taking the permissions of chat moderator can be submitted by any Fanonpedist or active Discord user by starting an appropriate Discussions thread, where a vote ought to be allowed to all of the Active Fanonpedists.
  1. The Bureaucrat, administrators, and content, thread, and chat moderators are not subject to penalties of blockade but rather deprived of their permissions.

4. Discussions and the Discord server The community of Star Wars Fanonpedia is in possession of an official Discord server (ID: 323557016159125515), which provides a way for communication between Fanonpedists. Administrators present upon the server are obliged to sustain the dignity of the self-held functions, and a negative behavior of theirs can leave an effect upon their further career on the wiki. Apart from the Discord server, Star Wars Fanonpedia possesses a forum in a form of Discussions.

5. Entry in partnership As a fan initiative, Star Wars Fanonpedia is open to entering a partnership with other websites which directly or indistinctly refer to Star Wars, as well as other wikis. Advertising of portals uncertified as Star Wars Fanonpedia's partners requires the administrators' agreement, as it might be deemed spam.

6. Licencing and authorship consideration The content of articles published on Star Wars Fanonpedia are subordinate to the licencing which Fandom dictates. Much as it projects a possibility to modify the shared content, on Star Wars Fanonpedia, it is striven to avoid situations in which one person intervenes in another's invention. Star Wars Fanonpedia thus considers the authorship of its users by displaying their nicknames in the articles which they publish, though a later deletion of their creativity is dependent upon the administrators' will.

7. Ways of behavior. Star Wars Fanonpedia's tolerance is both of serious and humorous invention. However, under prohibition are items aimed against other persons, and so is any usage of offensive vocabulary. For spam, trolling, vandalism, and any other signs of behavior harmful to the commonwealth of the website, a blockade is projected. The blockade imposed by the administrators applies to a user, not a specific account, so usage of double accounts is under prohibition. Articles breaching the above-enumerated rules may be removed by administrators and moderators. On Star Wars Fanonpedia, Fandom's inner rules are in force, as well.

8. Literary invention Not only is the Star Wars Fanonpedia's purpose service of space to create one's own items of the world depicted in Star Wars, but also facilitation of publishing their own literary work. Such ought to be placed under the "Opowiadanie" namespace.

9. Featuring articles The manner of honoring the most developed and most interesting articles is election for the Featured Article, voted on by the community once a month should it be possible. Due to the Featured Article being displayed on the main page, it must fulfill all the standards applying to the wiki, including those received historically.

10. Popular vote. The Community Policy shall apply directly to all users of Star Wars Fanonpedia. Implementation of amendments to its contents shall only be possible upon receiving approval result via voting conducted in Discussion at request of any Fanonpedists within Active Fanonpedists, respecting:

  • The casual majority — in the case of amendments introduced to Points from 2 to 9 and the passage of Point 1 concerning the logo.
  • Supermajority 3/5 — in the case of amendments introduced to Point 1 and 10, excluding the passage concerning the logo.

The voting ought to last for 7 days, though there exists a possibility that it might be shortened by the Bureaucrat should a minimum of half of the community members exhaust their vote sooner. Upon the closure of voting, the new contents shall be published immediately.

FAQ

What is Star Wars Fanonpedia?

Star Wars Fanonpedia is a wiki, which is a kind of website co-created by anyone who chooses to edit. It operates on the MediaWiki system, as Wikipedia, Wookieepedia, and Biblioteka Ossus do.

Why is Star Wars Fanonpedia hosted on Fandom?

Fandom, once known as Wikia, is a free website gathering fans of the entertainment, and not only. It offers you a technical support and provides a higher position in searchers for your wikis. As a website created by fans, Star Wars Fanonpedia — as well as Wookieepedia, but unlike Wikipedia and Biblioteka Ossus — uses Fandom's servers.

Who can Star Wars Fanonpedia be edited by?

Anyone. The purpose of Star Wars Fanonpedia is to gather all creative fans of Star Wars to invent their own stories taking place in the galaxy far, far away. However, creating an account is recommended, so your all editions, invention, and ranks can be pinned to the same person.

What is the best to start with?

This all depends on what you want to start with. In Star Wars Fanonpedia, you can create articles about the world in-universe (such as characters, locations, or droids), but you might as well share your own short story. You can also engage in a discussion or start a new topic.

Will my entire invention be passed?

Star Wars Fanonpedia accepts both serious invention and that treating Star Wars humorously, but articles with the aim of offending someone, insulting them, or harming them will meet with removal immediately. What is also important is follow the netiquette.

What establishes Star Wars Fanonpedia's own rules?

In July, 2018, on the wiki's third birthday, Star Wars Fanonpedia's community established the so-called Community Policy, the final impact on which was not only derived by the users, but also by the tradition.

Who looks after the order in Star Wars Fanonpedia?

In commons with most wikis on Fandom and on those out of it, Star Wars Fanonpedia has administrators and moderators with the bureaucrat in charge. None of the groups above, however, is the owner of Star Wars Fanonpedia, because the wiki belongs to the community of fanonpedists.

Whom are these fanonpedists?

Fanonpedists grow the community of Star Wars Fanonpedia, and anyone who has created at least one article is considered to be a part of it. The community votes in the most meaningful issues.

Where can I talk to fanonpedists? Star Wars Fanonpedia is grown by the community of Fanonpedists, which means that the wiki gives you a way to communicate to them. If you want to talk to others, the best place for that will be Discussions or the Discord server.

Portals

Star Wars Fanonpedia is rich in portals, each of them paving a comfortable and pleasant way to attain items of one specific topic should it not be as feasible via categories. With most being developed by the wiki itself, some portals are managed in association with pages regarded official friends.

The portals available these days are as follows:

  • Star Wars Fanfiction — a portal enumerating all the literary invention, dividing short stories into those actively developed and deemed as curtailed or finished.
  • Star Wars Fanarts — a portal ensuring that all the fanart can be accomplished in one place either classified by authorship or topic.
  • Star Wars MOC — a portal providing galleries displaying all the invented LEGO sets, put together by the community.
  • Star Wars Games — a portal naming all the games in which the player chooses themselves which link to click on so as to skip between separate pages after one another.
  • Star Wars Roleplay — a portal in the framework of which users who play so-called Roleplay games upon Discord may describe their achievements as well as biographies of their self-invented characters, some of them being equated with the players themselves.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 As of December 28th, 2020