KQ Omnipedia:Canon Policy

There are three main categories of information contained in the articles of the wikipedia. The policies below show how to enter such information. Where an article contains more than one type of information, all of the appropriate policies should be followed.

If you have any queries about these policies, feel free to ask about them on the talk page.

This policy is based on SQ Omnipedia:Canon Policy.

The following policies only refer to articles in the main namespace. Pages in other namespaces (such as Help, User or Talk) are not covered.

Information Regarding King's Quest 1-8, Wizard and the Princess/Adventure in Serenia, King's Questions, associated documentation, and novels.
Information regarding these games are considered canon and can be entered normally. All articles must be referenced to the appropriate game or documentation as follows:

Articles relating to only one game, or with only very general information
Add the appropriate category to the end of the article. The categories are:

Articles where more than one game is referenced
Each piece of information must be referenced to its particular game. This can be achieved by referring to particular eras within the text (e.g. the KQ1 era) or by using footnotes. For more information on creating footnotes, see the quick reference guide.

Information regarding fan fiction and fan games
The canonicity of fan fiction and fan games is disputed, and it is unlikely that any decision could be made where all fans agree. For this reason, information on fan fiction and games is allowed within the guidelines of the following policies:

Cancelled fan games and fan games that are on hold
Cancelled fan games and fan games that are on hold are entitled to one article - no other information should be included in any other article. They must be categorised as.

Fan games whose work is in progress
Fan games whose work is in progress must be categorised as.

Fan games that are expected to be completed are classed as those that have their own website, release updates and have provided some form screenshot or concept art. These fan games may optionally follow the same policies as Released Fan Games (see below).

Fan games that do not meet those criteria must follow the policies set out for fan games that are on hold (see above). Please note that any fan game that meets the above criteria and then for some reason stops meeting the criteria must have all information removed in order to comply with the above policy.

Released Fan Games
Fan games that have been publically released are entitled to a Category of their own. This category must be a subcategory of. They are also entitled to a link from the Main Page (this will be set up by experienced omnipedia editors).

Articles where more than one fan fiction or fan game is referenced
As the canonicity of fan games and fan fiction is disputed, a compromise has been reached. All information regarding sourced from fan games must be contained in its own section entitled "[topic] in the unofficial sources" (if it is specifically from a fan game, then sources could be replaced with "games").

Articles relating to only one game
Articles referring to only one game do not need to use the above heading. Instead they should include the template FanArticle.

Example Usage:

Which Produces:

Meta and Non-Canon Information
This includes:
 * Information that comes from fanfiction
 * Information containing speculation
 * Information about references to the real world
 * Any other meta and non-canon information

If fan related material is included in a canon topic, then it should be put under the canon material in a section entitled "[topic] in the unofficial sources" (if it is specifically from a fan game, then sources could be replaced with "games").

Note: If an entire article is meta or non-canon, it is sufficient to post a smaller message at the top of the article, which should say something like this: