Wikipedia:WikiProject Animation/Machinima work group/Sources
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This subpage of WikiProject Machinima is intended to serve as a guide to the reliability of various sources that may be used in machinima-related articles.
3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima
[edit]- For info on the publisher, Paraglyph Press, see http://paraglyph.oreilly.com/.
- Written by Paul Marino, recognized expert machinima producer
- Cited extensively (see Google Scholar)
Blue's News
[edit]- Originally self-published, then purchased by UGO in 1999.
- Mentioned by reliable sources even before the sale.
- News post cited by reliable book.
The Cineplex
[edit]- Originally self-published, then hosted by GameSpy.
- However, in his book 3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima, Paul Marino lists this site as one of the major sites of the original Quake movie era.
- As such, articles about notable machinima productions of the era should mention this site's review of those works. To fail to do so would breach requirement 1(b) of WP:FA?.
- Has an editorial staff
- Extensively mentioned and cited (see Google Scholar)
- Note: Videos are liberally accepted, so presence on machinima.com does not by itself constitute non-trivial coverage for the purposes of determining notability.
Psyk's Popcorn Jungle
[edit]- Self-published.
- However, in his book 3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima, Paul Marino lists this site as one of the major sites of the original Quake movie era.
- As such, articles about notable machinima productions of the era should mention this site's review of those works. To fail to do so would breach requirement 1(b) of WP:FA?.
Quake Movie Library
[edit]- Originally self-published, then hosted by machinima.com.
- However, in his book 3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima, Paul Marino lists this site as one of the major sites of the original Quake movie era.
- As such, articles about notable machinima productions of the era should mention this site's review of those works. To fail to do so would breach requirement 1(b) of WP:FA?.