Forum:Crossover Content

Crossovers are a part of fan fiction, in virtually any genre. This is a simple fact of life in fandom. In the case of Star Trek, there's crossovers with everything from Star Wars to Gilligan's Island.

How should we handle articles for crossover elements here on STEU? There's a fair bit of Harry Potter material here now, a bit of 24 and definitely some Doctor Who. and the authors of the 24 and HP crossovers have so far done a great job of limiting the material they've included from non-Trek sources to just what's relevant for their stories/series.

Now we're getting some Back to the Future articles. Some are in the same mold as the others, but some are purely background that would belong on a BTTF wiki, and doesn't directly relate to the crossover story. For example, Hill Valley is purely the background of the town from the films, and could be a much shorter article, with paired down info that only relates to the crossover.

Right now, none of this is out of hand, but I could see things progressing down the line, and one day we'll find ourselves with articles on Batman, the Smurfs or Ozzy Osbourne that have maybe one paragraph's worth of Trek detail in the midst of an unnecessary biography.

A while ago, there was a similar discussion on Memory Beta, regarding the Trek/X-Men crossovers published during the days when Marvel Comics held the Trek license. You can read that here.

I'd like to see us limit crossover articles to what's relevant for those particular stories. We don't need the complete biography of Optimus Prime should someone wish to do a Transformers crossover. Should we work on a simple, fair policy to head this sort of thing off at the pass? What do you think? --TimPendragon 06:30, 6 April 2009 (UTC)