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The content of this page is considered to be apocryphal. While the vast, vast, VAST majority of unofficial work is considered to be non-germane to this wiki, occasionally an unofficial piece of fiction from an official creator is so informative as to the creator's thought process and/or so influential to the fandom as to be worth documenting. All information on this page falls into the gray area between canon and non-canon that is [[pseudocanon]].|} | The content of this page is considered to be apocryphal. While the vast, vast, VAST majority of unofficial work is considered to be non-germane to this wiki, occasionally an unofficial piece of fiction from an official creator is so informative as to the creator's thought process and/or so influential to the fandom as to be worth documenting. All information on this page falls into the gray area between canon and non-canon that is [[pseudocanon]]. | ||
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Revision as of 04:24, 21 June 2010
{{apocrypha}} is a template to be used in the rare event of a pseudocanon story or idea worth documenting. The vast majority of Transformers fiction falls into one of two categories; official works, which are canon, and unofficial works, i.e. fanfiction, which are non-canon. However, there is also the gray area that is pseudocanon. Fiction that is considered pseudocanon generally falls into one of two categories.
- Unofficial fiction from an official creator that is so informative as to the creator's thought process and/or so influential to the fandom as to be worth documenting can be pseudocanon.
- Fiction that is published in such a way as to render it unofficial, such as fan works published as ancillary or bonus images/fiction with other licensed work, can also be considered pseudocanon.
Before using this template, reach a broad consensus on an appropriate talk page to ensure that the work in question legitimately qualifies as pseudocanon worthy of documentation. Nearly all unofficial fiction is merely non-canon, and not pseudocanon. When in doubt, it's non-canon. When you're absolutely, 100% sure, then start a discussion page anyway just to be positive.
