Wikipedia:WikiProject Animation/Machinima work group/Sources

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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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?.

machinima.com

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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?.