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| - Canon Policy sets out how information is to be labelled and used in the wikia as well as general guidelines as to what is canonical. In Titannica’s pursuit of achieving the goal of becoming the most definitive, comprehensive and accessible repository of information relating to the Fighting Fantasy world, it is important that it remains reliable in its description of the Fighting Fantasy universe and associated material. Towards this end, it is important to ensure that the reader can be comfortable where the information comes from and that it has a solid basis in the published material relating to the Fighting Fantasy universe.
- The Wing Commander series 'canon' includes the games (including ports and remakes which sometimes add additional material), the manuals, the strategy guides, the novels, the Wing Commander: Academy animated series, the card game, and finally the movie (and its related material). Secondary includes published promotional material (advertisements, trailers), boxes, etc. Of final note is that material such as Unauthorized Wing Commander Guide, or fan fiction are simply not canon.
- See Also: Canon: An article that defines the concept and terms of Canon within the VU. The term Canon is generally used to refer to content, material, or information which is generally agreed to be authoritative and accurate. In fiction, Canon is often used to refer to the stories and elements of fictional worlds viewed as 'official' or 'approved.' In other words, Canon is the recognized, accepted and binding stories, backstory, plots, and elements that are seen as being 'accurate' or 'real' in the context of the fictional setting which then shapes future content generated. With most fictional settings this term is usually used to differentiate between content created by the official creators of the property, as opposed to licensed content, or fan generated content.
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| - The Wing Commander series 'canon' includes the games (including ports and remakes which sometimes add additional material), the manuals, the strategy guides, the novels, the Wing Commander: Academy animated series, the card game, and finally the movie (and its related material). Secondary includes published promotional material (advertisements, trailers), boxes, etc. Third is unpublished (sometimes published) design material or other documents which may be of lesser canon or dubious canon as in unused or outdated, but interesting as to how they related to development of various topics (these include material such as the Wing Commander Universe Bible, unpublished WC4 timeline, and material concerning Privateer 3/Online, pitched Privateer TV show, Academy TV Press Kit, etc). Some of this has made it into later sources, or influenced later sources, but most of it has remained unused or left outdated by later released sources. But generally speaking most of this may be less than canon (or only broadly defined the general canon as was the case with the WC4 Bible and the unpublished WC4 timeline). Of final note is that material such as Unauthorized Wing Commander Guide, or fan fiction are simply not canon.
- See Also: Canon: An article that defines the concept and terms of Canon within the VU. The term Canon is generally used to refer to content, material, or information which is generally agreed to be authoritative and accurate. In fiction, Canon is often used to refer to the stories and elements of fictional worlds viewed as 'official' or 'approved.' In other words, Canon is the recognized, accepted and binding stories, backstory, plots, and elements that are seen as being 'accurate' or 'real' in the context of the fictional setting which then shapes future content generated. With most fictional settings this term is usually used to differentiate between content created by the official creators of the property, as opposed to licensed content, or fan generated content. In the Visionary Universe Canon is a bit more complex. The Visionary Universe Canon is an important term in understanding the workings of the Visionary Universe and most especially this reference project. In easy terms, the Visionary Universe Canon is the established 'facts' of the Visionary Universe as directly contained in the published and/or produced and publicly available content, whatever the medium, format, means of distribution or development, as long as it is content approved and overseen by Visionary Comics Studio. In this particular case, this also includes content generated for this reference project, and available to the public through this Wiki when such content follows the guidelines and spirit of the Wiki itself.
- Canon Policy sets out how information is to be labelled and used in the wikia as well as general guidelines as to what is canonical. In Titannica’s pursuit of achieving the goal of becoming the most definitive, comprehensive and accessible repository of information relating to the Fighting Fantasy world, it is important that it remains reliable in its description of the Fighting Fantasy universe and associated material. Towards this end, it is important to ensure that the reader can be comfortable where the information comes from and that it has a solid basis in the published material relating to the Fighting Fantasy universe. This policy is not intended to mandate a single way of viewing the Fighting Fantasy universe, and does not exist to promote any particular critical judgement on the various publications; it exists to permit an orderly cataloguing of data with a maximum amount of fidelity to the published material. With that in mind, scholars should at all times be tolerant and respectful of other viewpoints, opinions, and conclusions.
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