Editing Policy:Canon
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;BTW is not in a position to decide which official products contribute canon ;BTW is not in a position to decide which official products contribute canon
:The [[Line Developer]]'s official ruling on the issue of what is Canon and what is not, i.e. the stance of the owners of the intellectual property that is BattleTech, is detailed in the article on '''[[Canon]]'''. BTW deliberately leaves it to the individual user to interpret that ruling and decide what information they consider canonical for their personal vision of the BattleTech universe. The policy adopted by BTW is not to decide on the canonicity of a given source or piece of information, but apply appropriate tags to highlight articles where Canonicity could be considered problematic. :The [[Line Developer]]'s official ruling on the issue of what is Canon and what is not, i.e. the stance of the owners of the intellectual property that is BattleTech, is detailed in the article on '''[[Canon]]'''. BTW deliberately leaves it to the individual user to interpret that ruling and decide what information they consider canonical for their personal vision of the BattleTech universe. The policy adopted by BTW is not to decide on the canonicity of a given source or piece of information, but apply appropriate tags to highlight articles where Canonicity could be considered problematic.
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− ::''See also [[Canon#Conflicting_information|Canon]] in regards to the hierarchy of canonicity of conflicting sources.''
;Material from fan-made or otherwise unofficial sources must be segregated from official material ;Material from fan-made or otherwise unofficial sources must be segregated from official material
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We appreciate your adherence to this core policy and welcome you to actively join the community of users and editors of BattleTechWiki. We appreciate your adherence to this core policy and welcome you to actively join the community of users and editors of BattleTechWiki.
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==How to implement the policy== ==How to implement the policy==
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:The [[Line Developer]]'s official ruling on the issue of what is Canon and what is not, i.e. the stance of the owners of the intellectual property that is BattleTech, is detailed in the article on '''[[Canon]]'''. BTW deliberately leaves it to the individual user to interpret that ruling and decide what information they consider canonical for their personal vision of the BattleTech universe. The policy adopted by BTW is not to decide on the canonicity of a given source or piece of information, but apply appropriate tags to highlight articles where Canonicity could be considered problematic. | :The [[Line Developer]]'s official ruling on the issue of what is Canon and what is not, i.e. the stance of the owners of the intellectual property that is BattleTech, is detailed in the article on '''[[Canon]]'''. BTW deliberately leaves it to the individual user to interpret that ruling and decide what information they consider canonical for their personal vision of the BattleTech universe. The policy adopted by BTW is not to decide on the canonicity of a given source or piece of information, but apply appropriate tags to highlight articles where Canonicity could be considered problematic. | ||
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==How to implement the policy== | ==How to implement the policy== |