Pikipedia:Canon policy

This policy pertains to the canon information on the wiki, particularly its coverage scope. Because of the wild nature of video games and their content, a distinction must be settled so that non-canon information is not written as canon.

Scope
Pikipedia documents information regarding the Pikmin franchise, but unless otherwise specified, it is all canon. There are three rough "degrees" of canon:
 * Pure canon: The information is objectively true in the context of the Pikmin universe.
 * Objectionable canon: The information comes from a source quite close to the universe's canon, but it cannot be definitely considered canon. It does not contradict with any canon sources, so it is normally accepted as official.
 * Non-canon: The information is not true in the Pikmin universe. It is included on Pikipedia purely for trivial, complementary or completion purposes.

For the most part, Pikipedia takes interest in documenting the facts that happen in the games and other media, regardless of their canon. Nevertheless, this policy helps distinguish the canonical value of some elements in the series, for the purpose of giving the Pikmin universe a sense of definition, and to clearly distinguish content that should not be considered canon by readers interested in the universe's lore. For a list of what elements count as what, see the canon article.

Pure canon
Pure canon content must not be marked, and must be said as if it were something in real life, while still acknowledging the fact that it is a game.

Objectionable canon
Sections or articles that detail material with objectionable canon should start with. This creates the following box:

Non-canon
Sections or articles about non-canon content should begin with. This code creates the following box:

Fan content
Fan-created content is not canon and, for the most part, is not accepted on Pikipedia. In addition, fan-created theories are also non canon, but may provide an explanation over something that is. Some fan-made content can follow the known canon perfectly, but unless it is useful to complement canon information, it should not go on the wiki. For the purpose of gathering fan-made ideas and content, the Pikmin Fanon wiki was created.

Conflicts
Because the Pikmin games are developed by in Japan, the Japanese version of a game is technically more canon than the remaining versions. However, because Pikipedia is an English wiki, it considers the information on the American version more canon than the Japanese version. The European version comes second. For instance, it is more canonical that Captain Olimar recovered a Snapple lid on the sixth sublevel of the Shower Room than it is to say that he recovered a Breitsamer honey jar; that, in turn, is more canonical than saying he recovered an Ohayo milk cover.