WoWWiki:Policy/Writing/Fan fiction

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This page is an official policy on WoWWiki. This policy has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow. Feel free to propose any changes to this policy, but please make sure that changes you make follow the official process and reflect consensus on the discussion page before you put them into practice. Any big changes need to be Adopted or Decreed to be enforced as policy. See WoWWiki:Policies for an overview of WoWWiki policies. See Category:Policies for a list of proposed and adopted policy articles. Shortcut: WW:FANFIC

While fan fiction is certainly a rather open field, there are some things that we would prefer to not see on WoWWiki simply because we feel it could ruin the Warcraft experience for our audience. This policy is an attempt at e.g. keeping the Protoss away from Ironforge and Diablo out of Molten Core. You are of course free to write fanfic like that elsewhere, but please, not on WoWWiki.

Clearly marking fan fiction

Fan fiction on WoWWiki must be clearly marked as such, at or near the top of the page, to avoid confusing readers. One such tag is the {{fanfic}} tag, which produces the below banner:

This article is fan fiction The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft lore or history. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and are applied for roleplaying purposes only.

See the fan fiction guidelines for a list of tags in use.

Fan fiction on WoWWiki must be about Warcraft

Fan fiction cannot state that the Warcraft universe is shared with a contradictory gaming universe. For example:

• The Protoss cannot invade Azeroth. The Starcraft universe has complete interplanetary travel, conflicting with the existence of the titans due to the fact that these entities would have had contact with each other.
• The Diablo universe posits the literal existence of Hell and Heaven, conflicting with the Warcraft universe's make-up.
• The Dungeons & Dragons universe has multiple planes and planar entities, while the Warcraft universe has three elemental planes. If the Dungeons & Dragons Tarrasque were to attack Azeroth, it would necessitate the shared universe of both gaming worlds, contradicting the planar realities of the two.

See also

• Personal article naming policy
• Fan fiction guidelines