Board Thread:New on Merlin Wiki/@comment-5102537-20160506123239/@comment-5674726-20160507171436

I started drafting some rules for editing articles a while back. What do people think? Anything that needs to be amended or anything that needs to be added?

RULES

When editing a Wiki article about a character, episode, event, etc, all posters should keep the following rules in mind.

1) Article content must be based on fact, not opinion. All content should be based on canon, not a poster's view of the situation. As examples of this:

A) Arthur was King of Camelot = Fact Arthur was a great King = Opinion

B) Morgana was Arthur's half-sister = Fact Morgana was older/younger than Arthur = Opinion

C) Arthur knighted Lancelot, Gwaine, Elyan and Percival in The Coming of Arthur, Part 2 = Fact Arthur should have knighted Merlin = Opinion

2) Please take care not to mix up canon and fanon. In the case of Merlin, canon is what was shown or stated in an episode of the series. Fanon is the term used for ideas that, while they may be influential and widely accepted by fan communities, they are not established in canon.

A) Gaius was Merlin's guardian = Canon Gaius was Merlin's uncle = Fanon

B) Guinevere served as Morgana's maid for years = Canon Guinevere was Morgana's maid/playmate/companion since she came to Camelot = Fanon

C) Guinevere's brother, Elyan, was knighted = Canon Guinevere became Lady Guinevere when her brother was knighted = Fanon

3) Wiki articles should maintain a neutral point of view. Most, if not all fans have characters they like more or less than others but this should not be allowed to influence Wiki content. Posters should not detail a character's positive actions at length while removing references to negative actions, or vice versa.

4) Information gleaned from interviews, magazine articles, etc, should not be confused with canon information. However, such sources may be quoted and linked to in the Trivia section of an article.