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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. | 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. | ||
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{| style="width: 75%; margin: 0 auto;" class="wikitable" | {| style="width: 75%; margin: 0 auto;" class="wikitable" | ||
! style="width: 33%; color: #800;" | | ! style="width: 33%; color: #800;" | Too literal | ||
! style="width: 33%; color: #080;" | Good | ! style="width: 33%; color: #080;" | Good | ||
! style="width: 33%; color: #800;" | Too fictional | |||
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| Real world perspective | | style="text-align: center;" | Real-world perspective | ||
| | | style="text-align: center;" | Mixed perspective | ||
| | | style="text-align: center;" | In-universe perspective | ||
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| style="text-align: center;" | "[[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]s are fictional, virtual plants that debuted in the video game ''[[Pikmin 2]]''." | | style="text-align: center;" | "[[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]s are fictional, virtual plants that debuted in the video game ''[[Pikmin 2]]''." | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | "Burgeoning Spiderworts are plants that debuted in ''Pikmin 2''." | | style="text-align: center;" | "Burgeoning Spiderworts are plants that debuted in ''Pikmin 2''." | ||
| style="text-align: center;" | "Burgeoning Spiderworts are plants discovered by [[Captain Olimar]] during his second trip to [[PNF-404]]." | |||
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| It is obvious that the article won't be detailing any plants in real life, and that ''Pikmin 2'' is a game. Pikipedia is a wiki about a fictional franchise, so naturally, it should be expected for the content within to be fictional. Explaining that the subject is not real is almost condescending, and could add unnecessary [[wikipedia:Purple prose|purple prose]]. | | It is obvious that the article won't be detailing any plants in real life, and that ''Pikmin 2'' is a game. Pikipedia is a wiki about a fictional franchise, so naturally, it should be expected for the content within to be fictional. Explaining that the subject is not real is almost condescending, and could add unnecessary [[wikipedia:Purple prose|purple prose]]. | ||
| This example both explains the plants as if they were as canon as a real plant, while still implying that they're virtual. No extra words are needed, the text feels right from an in-universe perspective, and is still useful and comfortable to real world readers.. | |||
| Although this is true, it doesn't help the reader understand exactly when the plants debuted. The information is a part of the canon, but the readers are still humans in the real world, and it is more convenient to explain the information with that in mind. | | Although this is true, it doesn't help the reader understand exactly when the plants debuted. The information is a part of the canon, but the readers are still humans in the real world, and it is more convenient to explain the information with that in mind. | ||
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==Conflicts== | ==Conflicts== | ||
Because the ''Pikmin'' games are developed by | Because the ''Pikmin'' games are developed by {{w|Nintendo EAD}} in Japan, the Japanese [[Region|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 [[Abstract Masterpiece|Snapple lid]] on the sixth sublevel of the [[Shower Room]] than it is to say that he recovered a [[Plentiful Tank|Breitsamer honey jar]]; that, in turn, is more canonical than saying he recovered an Ohayo milk cover. | ||
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