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--- guide:canon [2017/11/11 18:49] – [Open RP Is Canon, Too] wes
+++ guide:canon [2021/11/07 04:14] – [How Things Become Canon] wes
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 ==== 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's continuity (e.g. the series of events that make up the timeline). For example, the history of the [[stararmy:YSS Eucharis]] or the [[faction:yamatai:history:the_freespacer_genocide]]. Star Army is a long-running roleplay so a lot of our history found on the wiki actually occurred in the RP, making it hard canon. You can tell these type of articles because they often have links in the footnotes to the related roleplaying threads (and we encourage you to do that).
+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's continuity (e.g. the series of events that make up the timeline). For example, the history of the [[stararmy:starships:yss_eucharis]] or the [[timeline:events:freespacer_massacre_and_related_battles]]. Star Army is a long-running roleplay so a lot of our history found on the wiki actually occurred in the RP, making it hard canon. You can tell these type of articles because they often have links in the footnotes to the related roleplaying threads (and we encourage you to do that).
 Hard canon should never be changed unless //absolutely// necessary, as this could invalidate people's RP. Such a retcon can only be approved by the Setting Manager.
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 Non-canon is information that is not considered "official" for Star Army. This includes things like alternate universes; wiki articles that are not yet approved, and threads marked as non-canon. Reasons that RP threads might be considered non-canon include non-canon elements (e.g. unapproved tech, stuff Star Army lacks rights to), or major events and changes to the setting that were not discussed/approved with the people responsible for the affected factions or characters.
-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.
+===== How Things Become Canon =====
+The process for things to become (hard) canon is simple:
+  - Roleplay
+  - Create wiki pages based on what happened in the RP
+  - Get the wiki articles approved in the [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/forums/setting-submissions.17/|Setting Submissions Forum]]
+As of [[calendar:2021]], wiki articles are supposed to only be approved once there's RP about the subject of the article. Therefore, everything added is supposed to have appeared in the RP before (e.g. it must already be soft canon).
 ===== Open RP Is Canon, Too ======
-Open RP posts are always considered canon unless there's some significant reason preventing that (e.g. something in the thread doesn't match with the lore and can't be reconciled).
+Open RP posts are always considered soft canon unless there's some significant reason preventing that (e.g. something in the thread doesn't match with the lore and can't be reconciled).

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