Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-24358064-20140101215110

Actually, yes, we definitely do have the right to decide on our own what we consider canon for any given fandom. It would be hilarious to imagine how we would NOT have that right. Bethesda sending out lawyers as soon as somebody voices an opinion on canon? Hahaha... no. That isn't how it works, obviously and fortunately. So we definitely do have the right and the power to say "I consider that canon" and "I don't consider that canon". And if in a given fandom, there is a community consensus, that is a sufficient majority of people considering something canon, then that IS canon. MK's works are up on TIL, and even on this very wiki those works there are considered valid out-site references for articles.

I dunno, maybe uncertainties scare you, maybe you like your world black and white, but this is how the world works in a lot of things. Some definitions will always be arbitrary, some lines will always be blurry, and yes, this is the case with the concept of canonicity. It is not a scientifically observable fact; it is a matter of definition.