Halopedia:Canon policy: Difference between revisions

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== What is canon? ==

''Canon'' is defined as characters, locations, and details that are considered to be genuine (or "official"), and those events, characters, settings, etc. that are considered to have inarguable existence within the fictional [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]]. "Official" ''Halo'' canon can only be created by developers of the ''Halo'' franchise. Therefore, any material added to Halopedia, which seeks to document the ''Halo'' universe, ''must'' be official sanctioned canon that can be [[Help:References|cited]] from a work created or sanctioned by ''Halo'''s creators; originally [[Bungie]] and now [[343 Industries]]. Simply put, [[Halopedia: What Halopedia is ~~not~~|Halopedia is '''not''' a site for fanfiction]].

''Canon'' is defined as characters, locations, and details that are considered to be genuine (or "official"), and those events, characters, settings, etc. that are considered to have inarguable existence within the fictional [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]]. "Official" ''Halo'' canon can only be created by developers of the ''Halo'' franchise. Therefore, any material added to Halopedia, which seeks to document the ''Halo'' universe, ''must'' be official sanctioned canon that can be [[Help:References|cited]] from a work created or sanctioned by ''Halo'''s creators; originally [[Bungie]] and now [[343 Industries]]. Simply put, [[Halopedia: What Halopedia is|Halopedia is '''not''' a site for fanfiction]].

[[Halopedia]] seeks to operate strictly as a collection of ''Halo'' canon information. The general rule of its canon policy is fairly simple, as explored in the case of [[i love bees]], that ''"the content should be considered canonical unless contradicted by more authoritative sources"''. For weighing each source's authority, there is the [[#Hierarchy_of_canon|hierarchy of canon]], which is covered below. But it is only one tool in discerning the canon from the non-canon, and oftentimes the relationships of authority may overlap or not be clear. In vague cases like those, determining which contradicting fact should be posted on Halopedia may come down to the editors' interpretation. For this, one must know how to interpret that canon.

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 == What is canon? ==
-''Canon'' is defined as characters, locations, and details that are considered to be genuine (or "official"), and those events, characters, settings, etc. that are considered to have inarguable existence within the fictional [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]]. "Official" ''Halo'' canon can only be created by developers of the ''Halo'' franchise. Therefore, any material added to Halopedia, which seeks to document the ''Halo'' universe, ''must'' be official sanctioned canon that can be [[Help:References|cited]] from a work created or sanctioned by ''Halo'''s creators; originally [[Bungie]] and now [[343 Industries]]. Simply put, [[Halopedia: What Halopedia is not|Halopedia is '''not''' a site for fanfiction]].
+''Canon'' is defined as characters, locations, and details that are considered to be genuine (or "official"), and those events, characters, settings, etc. that are considered to have inarguable existence within the fictional [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]]. "Official" ''Halo'' canon can only be created by developers of the ''Halo'' franchise. Therefore, any material added to Halopedia, which seeks to document the ''Halo'' universe, ''must'' be official sanctioned canon that can be [[Help:References|cited]] from a work created or sanctioned by ''Halo'''s creators; originally [[Bungie]] and now [[343 Industries]]. Simply put, [[Halopedia: What Halopedia is|Halopedia is '''not''' a site for fanfiction]].
 [[Halopedia]] seeks to operate strictly as a collection of ''Halo'' canon information. The general rule of its canon policy is fairly simple, as explored in the case of [[i love bees]], that ''"the content should be considered canonical unless contradicted by more authoritative sources"''. For weighing each source's authority, there is the [[#Hierarchy_of_canon|hierarchy of canon]], which is covered below. But it is only one tool in discerning the canon from the non-canon, and oftentimes the relationships of authority may overlap or not be clear. In vague cases like those, determining which contradicting fact should be posted on Halopedia may come down to the editors' interpretation. For this, one must know how to interpret that canon.