Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-24358064-20140101210148

Now who sounds angry and incoherent like a child? I mean, geez, what about the guy gets you so riled up?

"Canon" is not a physical fact that you can observe. It's a standard that is set, by people. You might think only Bethesda material is canon, but that is just your opinion. It's not a physical fact or anything. Kirkbride is the author of a great part of the TES world, in particular concerning mythology, and hence is word has weight. That he is not the proprietor of the intellectual copyright is meaningless; that's merely a legal and economical question - a question that concerns RL, not the TES world. What is important is what is accepted and recognized as canon. And commonly, Kirkbride's material is accepted as canon. Even the official devs still reference it from time to time. Personally, I'd say it's low-level canon, i.e. canon unless explicitly refuted by something in the games. In any case, I'd much rather stick with what the guys at TIL and, as said, even the official devs, use as canon sources, then with what an petulant child with a grudge wants to force as canon definition on others.