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:::No, ''not'' like the novels, etc.--those are ''primary'' sources for this wiki. It's only ''novelisations'' that are secondary sources. And, unlike, say, Star Wars, there are no "levels of canon" within the primary sources; there's just primary and secondary. So, if something in an EDA contradicts something on TV, you have to weasel around it and say there are conflicting accounts or the like; you can't just say the EDA is wrong. But if an EDA contradicts a Target, or a video game, the Target, or the game, is wrong. See [[Tardis:Canon policy]] for details. (I can't say this is the same decision I would have made, but the reality is that we needed a decision, and I'm happy he's made one.) | :::No, ''not'' like the novels, etc.--those are ''primary'' sources for this wiki. It's only ''novelisations'' that are secondary sources. And, unlike, say, Star Wars, there are no "levels of canon" within the primary sources; there's just primary and secondary. So, if something in an EDA contradicts something on TV, you have to weasel around it and say there are conflicting accounts or the like; you can't just say the EDA is wrong. But if an EDA contradicts a Target, or a video game, the Target, or the game, is wrong. See [[Tardis:Canon policy]] for details. (I can't say this is the same decision I would have made, but the reality is that we needed a decision, and I'm happy he's made one.) | ||
:::Also, the distinction between "interactive episode" and "video game" doesn't seem particularly important for a discussion of canon. ''Graske'' has multiple endings and involves the viewer/player as a character, while ''City'' has a single ending and has the viewer/player controlling the Doctor, so ''Graske'' is actually much, much harder to fit into continuity, not easier. --[[User:Falcotron|Falcotron]] 11:28, June 13, 2010 (UTC) | :::Also, the distinction between "interactive episode" and "video game" doesn't seem particularly important for a discussion of canon. ''Graske'' has multiple endings and involves the viewer/player as a character, while ''City'' has a single ending and has the viewer/player controlling the Doctor, so ''Graske'' is actually much, much harder to fit into continuity, not easier. --[[User:Falcotron|Falcotron]] 11:28, June 13, 2010 (UTC) | ||
::: | ::: I think that, for the video games, we should just incorporate the basic plotline into articles for characters etc, and try to avoid talking about the gameplay effects. And maybe create a new tag for articles containing information from video games i.e "The Following section contains information from a video game". [[User:Excalibur-117|Excalibur-117]] 11:49, June 13, 2010 (UTC) | ||
