South Park Archives:Rules and Policies/Canon and Fanon

Introduction
This article deals with the usage of Canon and Fanon on the South Park Archives, and the way they should be used and how they may be considered suitable for this Wikia.

This guideline is to be considered a Work in Progress with any major changes to it should be discussed on the talk page.

Canon
In South Park Canon,

Fanon Names
Fanon names for otherwise unnamed characters have been around for ages; with one of the most infamous examples being Star Trek's Captain Kirk. He had a middle initial ('T.') but his actual middle name ("Tiberius") was considered "fanon" until it was revealed canonically in the sixth Star Trek movie.

Fanon names for otherwise un named characters are considered acceptable on the South Park Archives as long as a template is present, which informs readers that the name isn't actually canonical.

A good example for this would be the Raisins Employees category, which as well as continuing the trend of naming employees after car brands didn't put in any fanon content.

Original/Fan Characters
An Original Character refers to a character created for a fan made piece synthesized specifically to unofficially integrate with the canon for the purposes of the story.

Articles on Original Characters are right out, but the South Park Fanon Wikia allows this.

Fan Fiction
Fan Fiction is not to be placed in an article. As per Wikia guidelines, you are allowed Fan Fiction in your personal blog. A dedicated Fan Fiction website such as FanFiction.net is more likely to be viewed and commented on.

Fan Art
Fan Art is allowed on your personal userpage, but not on an article. Cropping and cutting a episode screencapture for use on an article isn't generally considered Fan Art. A South Park version of you, created on a site like SP Studio is allowed.

Please don't store Fan Art on the South Park Archives, once again a website devoted to image sharing such as DeviantART is more likely to receive more views and comments.