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====== Canon ====== | ====== Canon ====== | ||
Canon is a term used to describe the ideas and materials considered officially part of Star Army's setting. In general, we try to include all roleplay as canon. | Canon is a term used to describe the ideas and materials considered officially part of Star Army's setting. In general, we try to include all roleplay as canon. | ||
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- | On Star Army, the wiki is used to keep track of canon, and is the primary repository of what is canon. This is followed by the roleplaying forums, which can be used as a secondary source of canon. [[user: | ||
The reason canon exists is so that the Star Army universe can stay internally consistent so that our roleplayers can be have a shared, mutual understanding of what the Star Army universe is like. In other words, it keeps us on the same page. | The reason canon exists is so that the Star Army universe can stay internally consistent so that our roleplayers can be have a shared, mutual understanding of what the Star Army universe is like. In other words, it keeps us on the same page. | ||
Canon elements must be acknowledged by and accounted for by other roleplayers on SARP. For example, if it's canon that a planet has a defense system, an enemy fleet would not be allowed to just land on the planet without dealing with the defenses first. Or if your character crashed a spaceship on a planet in your roleplaying thread, the debris should be noted on the planet’s wiki page and can then appear in other roleplay threads (maybe they can salvage it). | Canon elements must be acknowledged by and accounted for by other roleplayers on SARP. For example, if it's canon that a planet has a defense system, an enemy fleet would not be allowed to just land on the planet without dealing with the defenses first. Or if your character crashed a spaceship on a planet in your roleplaying thread, the debris should be noted on the planet’s wiki page and can then appear in other roleplay threads (maybe they can salvage it). | ||
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+ | On Star Army, the wiki is used to keep track of canon, and is the primary repository of what is canon. This is followed by the roleplaying forums, which can be used as a secondary source of canon. [[user: | ||
===== Levels of Canon ===== | ===== Levels of Canon ===== | ||
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==== Hard Canon ==== | ==== Hard Canon ==== | ||
- | Things are considered "hard canon" if they have an approved wiki article that is based on events in the roleplay. They are part of the universe' | + | Things are considered "hard canon" if they have an approved wiki article that is based on events in the roleplay. They are part of the universe' |
Hard canon should never be changed unless // | Hard canon should never be changed unless // | ||
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Non-canon is information that is not considered " | Non-canon is information that is not considered " | ||
- | Note: As of 2016, wiki works in progress should go in the wip: namespace. | + | Note: As of [[calendar:2016]], wiki works in progress should go in the wip: namespace. |
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+ | ===== How Things Become Canon ===== | ||
+ | The process for things to become canon is simple: | ||
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+ | - Roleplay is done | ||
+ | - Wiki Articles are made based on what happened in the RP | ||
+ | - The articles are submitted and approved in Setting Submissions. | ||
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+ | As of [[calendar: | ||
+ | ===== Open RP Is Canon, Too ====== | ||
+ | Open RP posts are always considered canon unless there' |