Board Thread:Manual of Style/@comment-1187034-20160501003405/@comment-1259419-20160501204929

I think that, instead of starting a debate on whether JP:TG is canon or not, we should rethink the whole concept of canons and how it influences how we write the articles on this wiki.

All the debates we have about the dino sizes, Hammond's birthyear and JP:TG shows to me our current canon-system is flawed. I have wanted to write a full post about this and propose something new; but I procrastinated. Please, give me to time to write that post.

For now. These are my basic arguments:

The current canon-system is flawed because:
 * It treats the fictional JP universe as our universe
 * In our universe there is one real history that can be reconstructed from scattered evidence.
 * The JP universe is artificial and each movie is made by very different people with very different ideas in different decades.
 * Contradictions, plotholes, goofs etc. are bound to arise.
 * It maximizes the number of things fans have to agree upon
 * Fans who care enough about the franchise to join a wiki often have very strong personal opinion that they will religiously defend.
 * Therefore, a large group of fans can actually agree on almost nothing.
 * It maximizes the amount of discussions and time that is needed before articles can be edited.
 * For many new editors and non-JP-nerds it will be very unclear which blooklet, trailer or website is actually canonial and which isn't.
 * Minimizes the amount of things that can be included in the articles.
 * Most extra material will not qualify for canonicity, and therefore its information will end up in a very small canon that no-one cares about.

I think we should adopt a system that:
 * Minimizes the amount of things fans have to agree upon.
 * Minimizes the amount of discussions that are needed before an article can be written.
 * Makes the list of what can be added to "movie" or "novel" section more intuitive.
 * Maximizes the amount of things that can be written in the articles.
 * Particularly in the only section anyone cares about: "Movies"