Talk:Storm Large/Archive 1

Fan sites

There are two competing fan sites having an edit war. Since my request for protection was denied I'm kindly asking the anons who are edit warring to please stop. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a fan site. I'm going to post the links here for those who are interested. The sites in question are: this one and this one this one. I don't know which one is "better", I'm just tired of the edit war.

This is what I posted to one of the anons:

Please read What Wikipedia is not, especially Wikipedia is not a soap box and links normally to be avoided (to see if any of it applies to you). I don't know what's going on with the edit war between the two fan sites, and I don't care which one is "better", but the additions you add to the title ("all the all the pics", etc.) border on POV and also advertising. I had put the two sites in alphabetical order ("fan" vs. "fans"). It is no reflection on which site "should" come first. This is an encyclopedia, not a fan site.

Thanks. Katr67 21:52, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

anon1 here. The reason this "edit war" started was because I was trying to remove the original fan site links. As a compromise, I decided to just add another (what I felt was a preferred) link. I have no problem at all with not having any fan links on this page. Thank you for putting an end to it. One question though: after reading your explanation and Wikipedia links posted, why leave those two magazine links in the External Links section? They are just two random links that seem to fit into the links normally to be avoided list. Thanks.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.27.183.29 (talk • contribs) 14:54, August 25, 2006 (UTC)

Hi there (can you please sign your posts with 4 tildes (~~~~)? thanks). Hmm. Until recently, guideline one under "links normally to be avoided" said "Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article here would have once it becomes an example of brilliant prose." (seems they're having a bit of an edit war too.) The way I interpreted this is to leave up links that have info not in the article, with the idea that eventually the info could be added to the article and the links used as references. It seems others may disagree. I'm going to delete the Gate one--it seems pretty content-free. The Oregonian one seems more useful (perhaps I'm biased since it is a local article), but by all means delete it if you think it's inappropriate. Better yet, incorporate any info from the Oregonian and use it as a citation within the Wikipedia article. Happy editing! Katr67 22:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

anon2 here. I was the first to add my fansite site: http://www.stormlargefans.com to the Storm Large Wiki. Seeing how this was super related content I wanted to share. Everything was fine for many weeks. Then one day, the other (singular version) deletes my submission and adds thier own. ( immature ). So I change it back. A day goes by and the same thing happens, so then I leave an HTML comment and ask "Why the sabotage? Why not leave both urls?" and I left both there. AGAIN my site gets deleted. So I figure I may as well make a game of it and just change back, change back and change back. I'm sorry for that! Now the kicker ... the other "fansite" had one picture and 4 hyperlinks (WOW!). My website has over 300 pages, original news, a forum, and is updated daily.

No, what is "immature" is masquerading as a fan of Storm, when you're just selling banner ads on a website. You web site consists of nothing but media and content that was stolen from other web sites. You've stolen tons of images without getting permission from the photographers or Storm, and you are using those images for your own personal financial gain. You should also do more research and look at the edit history logs. I wasn't the only person that was removing your link. Clearly I'm not the only one who feels that you are exploiting Storm's recent popularity. I'm not sure how you sleep at night knowing that you've stolen from a very well repsected artist, for the sake of selling a few banner ads. 216.27.183.29 01:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

anon2 here II. The ads are there to cover hosting. I've been into musicsites for my favorite artists for many years. Long ago I never had ads and would be burned by the costs. Besides, now days most people ignore them! If you have a popular website it costs money to run it ok. Also, every image has been given the photographers credit. Most fansites never do this! You can try to accuse me of not being a fan, and I'll admit I never heard of Storm until the first day of Rockstar, but that doesn't mean I am not a fan. I put alot of work into the fansite and if anything my website helps her exposure. The more stuff out there, the better she will do. Plus, I do nothing but talk good things of her there. Look at some other sites on the net ultra focused on all the nude stuff and selling useless junk to boot.

Open your eyes.