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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] Of course simply changing "canon" to "peanut butter" is meaningless. What is needed is a less loaded, more descriptive term. As has been suggested, I think that only filmed material (and events mentioned therein) should be recognized as actually occurrng in the ST universe and must be accepted and adhered to by everyone (unless contradicted by a preponderance of other filmed material or shown to be simply a stupid mistake :) ). Filmed material should be considered the primary source, and anything else is just commentary on the primary material or supplementary to it. I think the trouble lies in the declaration of other, nonfilmed material (books) as canon (or not) and in the banishment of some filmed material (STV, TAS) from canon. Simply saying "if it was filmed, it happened" is the best thing, I think. (I'd like to think the animated events also happened. too). Saying that some non-filmed material is canon gets people thinking that any non-filmed material is potentially canon. This is the fault of the producers. How can the Encyclopedia (and the Chronology) be considered canon? They are both reference works that by the very act of putting material in a different (written) form change it. They are by definition secondary sources. That's like saying the Holy Bible is canon and that "Asimov's Guide to the Bible" is canon as well. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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