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When contributing to Futurepedia, please do not add fanon, but ''only material with canon sources''. However, you may ask "What is a canon source?". Good question. The movies and the novelizations are absolute, unshakeable canon. Deleted scenes are secondary canon as well. The canonicity of the animated series is disputed, so you may want to add a "Back to the Future: The Animated Series" sub-section to the "behind the scenes" section of an article, and in it talk about the information gleaned from the series that has significance to the article. At the end, you may want to put "the canonicity of the series is disputed". Also, anything [[Bob Gale]] states is good for the "behind the scenes" section of the article. Another part of the article worthy of a sub-section of the "behind the scenes" section is [[Back to the Future: The Ride]]. Its canonicity is also disputed, so it should be seperated from the rest of the article. One article that follows these standards is [[Emmett Brown]]. When writing an article, that article is a great example of what the layout of an article should be. If you write like how you have been guided, you will make a great writer. |
When contributing to Futurepedia, please do not add fanon, but ''only material with canon sources''. However, you may ask "What is a canon source?". Good question. The movies and the novelizations are absolute, unshakeable canon. Deleted scenes are secondary canon as well. The canonicity of the animated series is disputed, so you may want to add a "Back to the Future: The Animated Series" sub-section to the "behind the scenes" section of an article, and in it talk about the information gleaned from the series that has significance to the article. At the end, you may want to put "the canonicity of the series is disputed". Also, anything [[Bob Gale]] states is good for the "behind the scenes" section of the article. Another part of the article worthy of a sub-section of the "behind the scenes" section is [[Back to the Future: The Ride]]. Its canonicity is also disputed, so it should be seperated from the rest of the article. One article that follows these standards is [[Emmett Brown]]. When writing an article, that article is a great example of what the layout of an article should be. If you write like how you have been guided, you will make a great writer. |
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In fiction, canon is the term used to classify truthfulness in a statement, or in an entire book, movie, short story, or television series. The opposite of canon is fanon, a mixture of the words "fan fiction" and "canon". Here is an example of a canon statement as opposed to a fanon statement:
Canon:
In the 1985-A universe, George McFly died in 1973. --That is confirmed by Back to the Future Part II, a source of absolute canon.
Fanon:
Lorraine Baines died in 2021, when she was shot by Douglas J. Needles. --False. Even though some fans could believe it or want it to be true, that doesn't appear anywhere.
When contributing to Futurepedia, please do not add fanon, but only material with canon sources. However, you may ask "What is a canon source?". Good question. The movies and the novelizations are absolute, unshakeable canon. Deleted scenes are secondary canon as well. The canonicity of the animated series is disputed, so you may want to add a "Back to the Future: The Animated Series" sub-section to the "behind the scenes" section of an article, and in it talk about the information gleaned from the series that has significance to the article. At the end, you may want to put "the canonicity of the series is disputed". Also, anything Bob Gale states is good for the "behind the scenes" section of the article. Another part of the article worthy of a sub-section of the "behind the scenes" section is Back to the Future: The Ride. Its canonicity is also disputed, so it should be seperated from the rest of the article. One article that follows these standards is Emmett Brown. When writing an article, that article is a great example of what the layout of an article should be. If you write like how you have been guided, you will make a great writer.