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:The Youtube link is meant to demonstrate that site traffic is not a strong proof of popularity. The first I could get off the top of my head. Seems like we have different focus when it comes to assessing through Google. Do mind that I do this with utmost scrutiny. What I focused on is looking through legitimate sites such as press sites, avoid hits that refers back to the content or hits made by fans of that content (usually through fan-sites, -blogs, -forums). For example, fanworks such as [[Halo 2600]] and [[Halo: Out With a Whimper]] attracted legitimate sites that covered their development/release. The following is how I perform my search: | :The Youtube link is meant to demonstrate that site traffic is not a strong proof of popularity. The first I could get off the top of my head. Seems like we have different focus when it comes to assessing through Google. Do mind that I do this with utmost scrutiny. What I focused on is looking through legitimate sites such as press sites, avoid hits that refers back to the content or hits made by fans of that content (usually through fan-sites, -blogs, -forums). For example, fanworks such as [[Halo 2600]] and [[Halo: Out With a Whimper]] attracted legitimate sites that covered their development/release. The following is how I perform my search: | ||
:*Both [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Company+0051%22+%22Halo%22 Company 0051] and [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ODS%20Steve%22 ODS Steve"] have small amount of hits. By eliminating | :*Both [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Company+0051%22+%22Halo%22 Company 0051] and [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22ODS%20Steve%22 ODS Steve"] have small amount of hits. By eliminating the source of the content, I then proceed to removing deviantart, halowaypoint, bungie.net, bungie.org, rvb's forum and tvtropes from the search and ended up with no legitimate website covering the content. | ||
:*[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Sangheili%27s+War%22 Sangheili's War] has similar treatment. I began removing halowaypoint, bungie.net, bungie.org, deviantart, and halofanon (my tribute poem came up on the search? :O). As you said, there are translations, but these are not "legitimate sites covering the content". | :*[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Sangheili%27s+War%22 Sangheili's War] has similar treatment. I began removing halowaypoint, bungie.net, bungie.org, deviantart, and halofanon (my tribute poem came up on the search? :O). As you said, there are translations, but these are not "legitimate sites covering the content". | ||
:The basis for this strict approach | :The basis for this strict approach originated from the attempts made to get Halopedia on Wikipedia ([[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Halo#Halopedia_on_Wikipedia|see David Fuchs' comment]]). Regardless, there must be sources that reported the content (where the content is the sole subject of an article). As I said repeatedly, this is to ensure the floodgates to remain tightly closed. — <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 00:33, 18 March 2013 (EDT) | ||