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==Discussion==
In regards to the above-mentioned questions:
''1. Where should their pages be moved to?'' - I'd say '''Custom''' is a good generic name for such a namespace.
''2. What are the policies surrounding the creation of custom content pages?'' - Without diving too in-depth into specifics, I'd say that pages should: only be about projects that are available for download to the public at large; meet some minimum standard of notability (not sure what that'd look like, but I don't think we want pages on every Tom, Dick and Harry's custom recreation of Veronaville clogging up the wiki); be open to contributions from all people, not just the custom content creator(s); be written in an encyclopedic manner, not merely as a storytelling vehicle (bearing in mind that if the particular Sim/family/neighborhood had a background story attached to it, such a story could be included in the article). If the intent is to keep '''Fanon''', then we'd also need to formally distinguish between the two types of content.
''3. What should be done with [existing custom content articles]?'' - I think pages about CC creators should remain in the main namespace as encyclopedic entries about a specific person as opposed to a creation of theirs. I'd also lean in the direction of keeping pages about third-party utilities, like package editor programs, in the main namespace. I think game mods generally speaking would fall under '''Custom'''.
''4. What should happen with the old wiki?'' - Assuming that the original wiki editors would support a merge, I'd suggest simply abandoning it, maybe trying to sneak in links directing to the new site. If CSW were merging into the Wikia TSW, I'd say it would be possible to contact staff and have them merge directly (with support of the original wiki creators) and there's a decent chance they would approve it. But if staff knew that we were trying to close it down in order to redirect off Wikia, there's no way they'd approve it.
-- [[User:LiR|LiR]] ([[User talk:LiR|talk]]) 19:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
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