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This policy details our policy on notability, which is loosely based off Wikipedia's notability policy. The focus of this policy is to provide a clear guideline for any form of content.

Overview

The dictionary definition for notable means "worthy of attention or notice". It is not synonymous with "fame" or "importance," and even content that editors personally believe are "important" or "famous" are only accepted as notable if they can be shown to have attracted notice (see Requirements). Like Wikipedia, CyberAcme bases its decision about whether content is notable enough to justify a separate article on the verifiable evidence that the content has attracted.

Content recognized by the official parties of Marathon series of games are exempted from this criteria. Simple recognition is insufficient recognition: in other to be considered "recognized", the content must be included in an official Marathon title.

Requirements

Keeping in mind that all articles must conform with the policy on verifiability to reliable sources, and mere description of the information by official sources are not sufficient toy establish notability; they may be notable based on meeting one of the following requirements:

General content

A content shall be deemed worthy of having its own article when it can be shown that it has all the necessary qualities of an article. It must be shown that:

• it has significant coverage to the extent that it is more than a trivial mention; or
• there is a foreseeable certainty that the information will see sufficient and future growth; and
• the information has reliable and reputable sources that are independent of the subject.

If the content is not notable, it can be included in CyberAcme by adding it into relevant articles if it has the appropriate level of detail and significance for that article, or if it can be described in a relevant list such as List of food and drinks. If the information is essentially a copy of a wiki entry (such as Wikipedia), a simple link to that wiki will suffice and that information should be kept in a form of a summary.

Quotes

The requirements listed below are applicable only to quotes that are by (or about) individuals. A quote is considered to be notable if it can be shown to have acquired the necessary quality of information. It must be shown that:

• the quote itself is independently well known;
• the subject of the quote is a notable subject that is novel and original; or
• the quote itself is quotable (otherwise known as quotability).

An important note: a quote entry is recommended to meet at least two of the three requirements, with a particular emphasis on the last requirement ("quotability"). For more discussion on quotability, see Wikiquotes's project page on Quotability.

It should be noted that this section also covers dialogues: where a collection of quotes can be combined into a dialogue, editors are recommended to do so and place them under the Dialogue section (or create such section if it is not present).

Real people and companies

CyberAcme creates articles covering real-world people involved with the production of all Marathon games. However, with thousands of people involved across over 30 years, it's simply not practical to create pages on everyone. As a general rule, pages covering a real person should focus on their contributions to the series: when were they involved and what did they do? Pages should not cover their external work and personal lives in-depth, especially if a Wikipedia link may suffice instead.

When making a page covering a real person, consider ensuring that the subject in question hits at least 2-3 of the following criteria. Note that this list is not expansive, and final decision is ultimately at the discretion of CyberAcme staff.

• People directly employed by Bungie.
• People involved around the time of the development of Marathon (1994), Marathon 2: Durandal, and Marathon Infinity (due to the smaller teams of the early 2000s, pretty much everyone contributed a lot to the foundations of the series).
• People with credits across the entire Marathon Trilogy.
• People who have specific and in-depth contributions to the series that can be discussed; that is to say, simply saying a level designer worked on games X, Y, and Z, is not enough. However, if information can be provided about which specific levels, features, maps, and so forth they worked on, their influences, and so forth, a page is more likely to be accepted.
• Generally community-facing and thus more well-known people (ie, community managers).
• Studio heads, project creative leads/directors, and senior/lead developers.

Also note that CyberAcme respects the right to privacy of anyone involved in the series, and will remove or alter information or images upon request. If you are someone involved in any part of the Marathon series on an official level and wish to have an article about yourself altered, please get in touch with us on our talk pages, with proof you are the person in question, or in a direct message to one of our Administrators here to request such a change.

For articles covering real-world companies and studios, similar standards apply as above.

Fan content

Articles on fan content, such as websites, games or webcomics, are not allowed on CyberAcme, unless they are made to be official material endorsed by Bungie or Sony Interactive Entertainment.