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Evelopedia canon and canon hiercahy

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solrac lara
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-06-10 04:12:51 UTC
HELLOW fellow capsuleers just wanted to ask out of curiosity in this thread there is any canon hierarchy on eve lore is possible to considerate the evelopedia as a reliable source for lore and such and some of the things mentioned on it can be considered as canon ?
thanks for your attention and fly safe o/
Samira Kernher
Cail Avetatu
#2 - 2015-06-10 11:35:20 UTC
EVElopedia is written by the developers. It is fully canon. Only EVE Source outranks it, when there is a contradiction.
CCP Falcon
#3 - 2015-06-10 13:26:24 UTC
Samira Kernher wrote:
EVElopedia is written by the developers.


Not necessarily.

A lot of the content that's on the wiki is produced by our awesome ISD Mercury team. We wouldn't want to take credit for their awesome work.

Samira Kernher wrote:
It is fully canon. Only EVE Source outranks it, when there is a contradiction.


This is correct. Source is effectively the "bible" for EVE backstory. There's still some cleanup to be done on the wiki, so anything that contradicts source can be considered incorrect.

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solrac lara
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2015-06-10 14:54:41 UTC
Does anyone know where i can buy the ebook ?
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
Wild Geese.
#5 - 2015-06-10 15:29:21 UTC
I got it on the Google play store, its probably on the apple one too.
ISD Sheliak Mesarthim
ISD New Eden Correspondents
ISD Alliance
#6 - 2015-06-10 16:50:21 UTC
CCP Falcon wrote:

A lot of the content that's on the wiki is produced by our awesome ISD Mercury team. We wouldn't want to take credit for their awesome work.
I can confirm that we are indeed awesome.

The vast majority of the stuff in the Fiction Portal is written and managed by Mercury, and reviewed/edited by CCP's lorehounds (after going through M's internal gauntlet). Everything locked on the Evelopedia should be considered canon, unless it is overwritten by subsequent CCP material.

We try to make sure that everything on the wiki is up-to-date with the latest CCP stuff, but Mercury isn't a huge team so occasionally inconsistencies slip through. You players have a lot more eyes though, so if you spot what you think is an inconsistency let me know and I'll see if it can be addressed!

The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. - Thomas Paine

ISD Sheliak Mesarthim - ISD Mercury
Samira Kernher
Cail Avetatu
#7 - 2015-06-10 23:34:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Samira Kernher
CCP Falcon wrote:
Samira Kernher wrote:
EVElopedia is written by the developers.


Not necessarily.

A lot of the content that's on the wiki is produced by our awesome ISD Mercury team. We wouldn't want to take credit for their awesome work.


I was actually meaning to be referring to ISD Mercury as well. I consider 'developers' to refer to everyone developing official stuff for EVE. Being unpaid volunteers still counts in my book. :)

Next time I'll say writers though!

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Samira Kernher wrote:
It is fully canon. Only EVE Source outranks it, when there is a contradiction.


This is correct. Source is effectively the "bible" for EVE backstory. There's still some cleanup to be done on the wiki, so anything that contradicts source can be considered incorrect.


What about when there's an obvious error in Source? Since Midular's death is stated to be 113 in Source even though it happened in 115 (IIRC).

ISD Sheliak Mesarthim wrote:
You players have a lot more eyes though, so if you spot what you think is an inconsistency let me know and I'll see if it can be addressed!


Will do! :)
DrysonBennington
Eagle's Talon's
#8 - 2015-06-13 22:01:23 UTC
So awesome that you forgot to keep the Entosis Link out of Capsuleer hands. We will be venturing into Jove Space to re-write the story soon enough. They were the Gods of New Eden....now we become the Gods and Goddesses of New Eden. Creation deems this to be fate and not even the Jove can contradict Fate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnwlckvkXHw&feature=youtu.be