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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] [QUOTE]Besides, the Encyclopedias are canon. The Technical Manuals are canon. The Fact Files are canon. Having something published in one of these sources is equivalent to it being seen or heard onscreen. It's the same thing. Why do we continue to debate this endlessly? That's Paramount's official view on the subject, and it's mine, and I wouldn't hesitate to suggest that you make it your own. It just makes sense.[/QUOTE] You, sir, are wrong. Paramount's official position on the subject, as well as those associated with [i]Star Trek[/i] itself, is that the supplementary material liscensed by Paramount is at best semi-canon. It is not canon; it is not non-canon. It lies in a state of limbo fluctuating between the two extremes. The information in these works that you mention are based off of on-screen evidence, but the authors in their works make assumptions. What assumptions, you say? Well, in the encyclopedia, reference is made to events in Spock's life that occurred only in an Animated Series episode. Paramount's position is TAS is non-canon. Based on evidence presented in the series, Zephram Cochrane is listed in the encyclopedia/chronology as having performed the first warp test in 2061. First Contact establishes that this happened in 2063. If these assumptions do not make it on-screen, then they cannot be accepted as the total truth of God. The writers can turn around and change this to fit their needs for an episode. As such, what is on-screen is what goes, not what is in a book. Why the need for this? Simple, Paramount has to see to the support of the Star Trek fans to the lowest common denominator. Not every Star Trek fan is going to be reading all of the novels nor is every Star Trek fan going to be in the possession of all of the supplementary texts. As such, Paramount's official position is that on-screen evidence is canon, everything else is in a quasi-sort of existence until the writers include the information in an episode that either supports or denies it. The large majority of fans do not have the encyclopedia or the tech manuals or subscriptions to the magazine or the Fact Files (which are only available in Europe). To say that all of this other material (which in some instances is in conflict with each other like the Thunderchild's registry in the encyclopedia versus the Fact Files) is canon makes this required reading for the fans. And to force the fans to have to know all of this is expecting too much of the fans. And that is why strictly canon material is left with what is seen on-screen. All Star Trek fans have at minimum that ability to watch the shows and movies. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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