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To be honest, I don't know. I can see where you're coming from on the whole TS3 expansion pack ideas forum, it would be better if their ideas were posted in that forum. But, no harm is really done in creating a '''fanon''' expansion idea (although, how that would actually work... well, I really cannot answer that). Maybe if there was something in the fanon policy for fanon expansion packs it may shed a light, but apart from that, I can't really think of anything else. [[User:Beds|<font color="#6B1D51">'''Beds'''</font>]] <sup>([[User_talk:Beds|<font color="#512d17">'''parlare'''</font>]] - [[User_blog:Beds|<font color="#512d17">'''da leggere'''</font>]])</sup> 09:31, August 14, 2013 (UTC)
:To me, there are only a few reasons to limit additions to the fanon namespace. The first criteria is whether the content could be confused for canon; usually this issue is avoided by the 'Fanon:' prefix in the title or in the ownership templates and other standard fanon namespace templates. The second criteria is one of membership - only registered users can create permanent fanon. Next, we ensure that only good-quality fanon is introduced to the mainspace, through the work of our fanon administrators. After all this, we ensure that the article continues to meet minimum criteria, again through work done by our fanon admins.
:The reason I've stated this all out explicitly is to see how something like fan-made expansions fits into the current framework of the fanon namespace. With all this in mind, I can't personally find a major reason to limit the creation of fanon expansion packs. It certainly wasn't the original purpose of the fanon namespace, but this could just be considered a natural evolution of the namespace over time. That said, if these packs continue, we should probably introduce a "{{t|fanon-game}}" or some other template, to alert readers that they're not on a real game article (as per the first criteria I listed above).
:'''Tl;dr''' - I'm not opposed to game/expansion pack articles. -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<font color="navy">LostInRiverview</font>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] ~ [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]]</sup>''' 12:36, August 14, 2013 (UTC)
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