Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bjo Awards


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The result was withdrawn by nom. (non-admin closure) &raquo; Shadowowl  &#124;  talk  17:28, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Bjo Awards

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Non-notable award only sourced to IMDB. &raquo; Shadowowl  &#124;  talk  15:30, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

I disagree that these awards are "non-notable," and I would respectfully assert that someone who is not familiar with the STAR TREK franchise, its fandom, or the importance and impact that STAR TREK fan films have had on either may not recognize or understand the "notability" of these awards. Dozens of STAR TREK fan films are created and released every year, and these awards recognize the best of them. One recent fan film in particular caused STAR TREK's intellectual property owners to file a well-publicized lawsuit against its creators, which ended in a settlement that had a ripple effect throughout the entire entertainment industry in general and those franchises which inspire its fans to create their own films in particular. Not unimportantly, that lawsuit has its own subsection in the Wikipedia article about that film.

While these awards may be relatively new (four years old), they serve the same purpose as the Hugo (science fiction/fantasy literary works) and Nebula (science fiction/fantasy works of American origin) awards, both of which have existed for more than 50 years and have well-established Wikipedia pages. To date, the Bjo Awards have recognized films from around the world (including Australia, Germany and United Kingdom) and both the judges and the award presenters have been high-profile, well-known, professional actors and authors who have worked in STAR TREK or other popular science fiction franchises. Further, many of the winners of these awards (both individuals and films) have their own entries on Wikipedia.

I would also like to address Shadowowl's specific complaint that these awards are "only sourced to IMDB." In fact, it is only the nominated films that are sourced to IMDb, not the awards. Announcements and news coverage of these awards have been published in several noteworthy, credible and established online sources, all of which have been appropriately referenced, as well as other online sources which are not referenced within due to their duplicative nature or non-notable source.

Finally, while information about each year's winners can be found in various notable online sources, the purpose of creating this page was to collect and present information about all years' nominees, finalists and winners in a single, convenient, well-sourced location. Because... isn't that what Wikipedia is for?

Leo Walsh (talk) 16:54, 21 August 2018 (UTC)


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