Forum:Original Author has a Question on Link Policyedit this page

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I am the original author of the Star Trek Tri-D chess rules, published nationally in 1979, and later used to enrich a national collectible company. (See the Tridimensionl Chess articles for TOS and TNG.) I would like to post a link from those articles to my chess page at:

http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm

...but I am not sure if this qualifies as ad content or obsessive fandom. Can an administrator advise me?

If your game is licensed by Paramount, you may have a chance. But from what you say, it is non-canon and is not permitted on this wiki. Thank you StoryMaster 17:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, I, as an admin, think it's okay to link your page with the rules on those two pages, which I will do right now. --Jörg 17:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I was not aware admins could violate canon policy. I stand corrected. StoryMaster 17:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

He has not violated policy. Learn them before you make accusations you are ill qualified to make. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 18:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Please show me in our policies where it says non-licensed games are accepted on this wiki. I am unclear how this is allowed and I would like to understand the policy. Thanks in advance StoryMaster 19:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Oh, for goodness sake. It's not an article on a non-licensed game, it's a link in the "External Links" section of an article on a licensed game. External links can potentially reference anything related to the article itself that might be of interest to the reader, including (but not limited to) links to the non-canon articles on Memory Beta, links to articles on Star Trek Minutiae, links to articles on Ex Astris Scientia, and more. Please re-read (and understand the policies. If you can't you'll be banned, simple as that. -- Renegade54 19:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Not only that, StoryMaster, but had you read the link, you would know that these are the instructions that are included with the product that is sold in stores. --OuroborosCobra ^talk 19:52, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

From the original poster, who is still learning the ropes: My original Rules, as published in 1978 in the _Star Trek Giant Poster Book_, were published under a Paramount copyright, and because of that, now belong to a certain manufacturer of Trek-themed chessware as licensed by Paramount, so I don't know if THAT is canon enough for all. (Those original rules were OK'd by Franz Joseph Schnaubelt, author of the original _Star Trek STARFLEET TECHNICAL MANUAL_.) I have the legal right and copyright, granted by those who now legally own those 1.0 rev rules, to continue refining and improving my rules, which I have. They are NOT the ones included with said collectables; they are twenty years improved from that original article. Many people use my Federation Standard rules to play on "collectible" boards. That said, can someone with official clout make a ruling to if I can post a link to my site?

Please note that StoryMaster is not exactly familiar with the rules and policies here. And by not exactly familiar... I mean... not at all. Anyhow, Jorg, one of the many admins added the link. It's something relevant and of possible interest, so, fits in nicely by my estimation. -- Sulfur 00:15, 18 May 2007 (UTC)