Forum:What specifically is "canon" and how do we divide it?

Hello. dear community, i would like to present you this current issue: canon. There is alot of things wrong with how we deal with canon. "I propose Tweets, anything officially released by activision, IW, 3arc, Sledgehammer, or any retailers (gamestop for example) to be considered canon, and anything on websites (Kotaku, IGN) to be unreliable" - Maj. Blackout

But,Kotaku is breaking down what Tweets and stuff said so basically its the same information, and these sites seems to be right most of the time. if not all the time, we have had a discussion about "layers of canon" like, main layer is games and stuff, 2nd layer is stuff like operation kingfish, 3rd layer is tweets ETC, ETC. 2nd layer would also include soap's diary.

So, if official media is canon regardless, here's a problem -Chiafriend12

We don't have IRL stuff per our IRL precedent/policy - Chiafriend12

and that's the problem, e.g. if robert bowling confirmed roach's first name is Tony on twitter, isn't that IRL stuff? it never was in the game, was it?

in the COD:FH instruction booklet, there are facts on each page that talk about things not in the game - Chiafriend12

is that canon? yes but its IRL i'd imagine something as an addtion to the IRL policy,or a new policy being created all together.

Note''I pretty much just ripped this from a conversation with someone, and i am to tired to make it sound better, but i think the general point comes across. We need to fix the canon policy's. Discuss below

11:26, January 4, 2012 (UTC)