Talk:Unofficial publications

Fan publications

 * Who's Who in Star Trek (book)
 * The Physics of Star Trek
 * To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of Star Trek
 * Life Signs: The Biology of Star Trek
 * The Best of Trek

These are non-Paramount licensed books. Other such books are collected on the "Fan publications" page, so, these should logically be merged into that page. There are likely more, but these are the ones that I've come across to date. -- Sulfur 18:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * These are not truly "fan" publications as they are published by reputable publishers (at least those I am familiar with). I am unclear why Paramount licensing is the touchstone for inclusion in the database.  I would say, for those published by major publishing houses (not paid for by the author him or herself, in other words) to Keep.  Aholland 02:09, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

If not to merge/delete, and to keep as is, it might be an idea to perhaps create some sort of identification that they are "non-licensed" items, or at least non-Paramount. I'm also not saying that we should only have Paramount licensed items here, but that we should at least distinguish between "official" stuff, and not-quite "official" stuff. -- Sulfur 02:20, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * They may not be officially licensed, but unlike fan films and the like, these books were published by official, professional publications. I think we should either keep these or, if that's not good, then move them to a list for unofficial publications or something. --From Andoria with Love 02:29, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Hrm... I see the points brought up here. Perhaps a category of unofficial publications (or something as such) could be created and used to indicate these non-licensed, but still published items. -- Sulfur 03:06, 21 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak keep, and I can think of a couple other ones that would be on this list and just don't have pages yet that I've seen in book stores ("The Religion of Star Trek", and maybe those trivia books? Actually those may be liscenced, I'm not sure.) - AJ Halliwell 17:59, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep, they are already non-canon. Yes, they aren't licensed, but they seem pretty professional (well, at least Physics of Star Trek is). I would not call them "fan publications". --OuroborosCobra talk |undefined  10:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I am going to make a list for unofficial publications, and move this discussion to that article's talk page. --From Andoria with Love 08:55, 16 July 2006 (UTC)