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== Getting back to the question of RPGs == | == Getting back to the question of RPGs == | ||
I note upthread that we've had even more new comments that are off topic. We're not debating the whole of canon policy. This section isn't about ''Search Out Space'' or ''Dimensions in Time'' or the broader canon policy. I emphasise again that "canon policy" doesn't mean "canon". It means merely what are the limits of this wiki. The need for the distinction is obvious when you think of thorny fan bugbears like the question of whether the Doctor is half human. The sources you're allowed to bring into the consideration of that question matter very much to the answer you're going to get. If you can't bring in ''[[The Forgotten]]'', just because it's a comic book, then you're going to have a different answer than if you do. Thus when we say "canon policy" we are talking more about what this wiki allows you to bring to bear on any particular subject. We're not actually trying to tell you what to believe about canon. If you want to make ''Worlds in Time'' a part of your personal canon, that's fine. | I note upthread that we've had even more new comments that are off topic. We're not debating the whole of canon policy. This section isn't about ''Search Out Space'' or ''Dimensions in Time'' or the broader canon policy. I emphasise again that "canon policy" doesn't mean "canon". It means merely what are the limits of this wiki. The need for the distinction is obvious when you think of thorny fan bugbears like the question of whether the Doctor is half human. The sources you're allowed to bring into the consideration of that question matter very much to the answer you're going to get. If you can't bring in ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'', just because it's a comic book, then you're going to have a different answer than if you do. Thus when we say "canon policy" we are talking more about what this wiki allows you to bring to bear on any particular subject. We're not actually trying to tell you what to believe about canon. If you want to make ''Worlds in Time'' a part of your personal canon, that's fine. | ||
The question before us, again, is '''nothing to do with canon''' in the way that fans usually use it to denote whether a story is ''in continuity''. Rather, it's whether it makes sense to allow RPGs into our list of things which comprise our list of approved sources? | The question before us, again, is '''nothing to do with canon''' in the way that fans usually use it to denote whether a story is ''in continuity''. Rather, it's whether it makes sense to allow RPGs into our list of things which comprise our list of approved sources? | ||
