User:TheUltimate3/Canon

Test Page for a potential Canon Policy. Because quite frankly my old black ass is tired of this pointless back and forth that serves no real purpose other than each side to stroke their own massive epe-*clears throat* Moving on.

This template is loosely based off Star Wars's old Canon matrix where there are several tiers of canon. Also specified in this matrix, this is not always absolute and resolutions of all contradictions is to be handled on a case-by-case basis. So basically, one mistake or contradiction does not deem the entire work non-canon. Because that's stupid.


 * K-canon or Kishimoto/Kodachi canon: The highest tier of canon of Naruto and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. Simply put, everything written by Kishimoto and as of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Kodachi is considered high canon. Elements originating from these two that appear in other mediums, such as magazine articles, movies, ect also count as canon. Example of this would be the The Last: Naruto the Movie, which is a original film but treated as K-canon. When the matter of changes done, the most recent version takes president. For example, the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations as of this writing looks to be a retelling of Boruto: Naruto the Movie. Because Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is the latest version, changes applied in this series takes president over what took place in the film.


 * A-canon or Anime canon: The second tier of canon. As the name suggest, is the anime canon. Due to the nature of the anime, most of what is seen is an adaptation of what we've already seen in in the manga. Given the nature of the anime, the company that produces the series will at times create new stories not found in the manga to explain things that were left vague or expand on things to better use the time slot. As such scenes and explanations given in the anime, that do not directly contradict K-canon, can be presented in article as canon.


 * C-canon or Continuity canon: Continuity canon is the third tier of canon, centered around works that act as a continuation of the main series found under K canon created by official distributors or producers, such as Shounen Jump. Continuity canon works on the basis similar to A-canon, if something is not specified, it can be explained in detail here. However, as this is a lower tier than K or A-canon, if something similar is presented in either tier, they overwrite what is found in c-canon. For example Naruto: Mission: Protect The Waterfall Village (novel) provides most of the information regarding Takigakure, and it is presented in on the wikia as canon, until such a time higher tiers of canon replaces it.


 * N-canon or None canon: Non-canon are what-if stories, spin-offs unrelated to the main series, such as Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth Full Power Ninja Chronicles and certain OVAs and Specials, such as Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!.


 * Special Case: Video Games: Video Games are a special case in regards to this matrix. The stories themselves are usually retelling of the canon storyline, with changes made to gameplay and as such, falls under N-canon. However, the games can provide explanations not given in the anime or manga to certain events or abilities. For example, Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations OVA Hashirama Senju vs Madara Uchiha portrayed the battle between Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, well before the battle was portrayed in canon and was treated as canon until K-canon overwrote it. Basically, story and gameplay are N-canon, terms and factoids C-canon.

Canon on the Wikia
With the classifications of canon above, this section will explain how information should be used in articles going forward. In general, the official timeline for the series goes Naruto (series) -> Blank Period -> Boruto (series), with the the films and novels following in where they should. As this timeline comes from Shounen Jump, this is not up for discussion.

Following this guideline, all materials from the Naruto franchise is then ordered in the hierarchy as presented above; K-canon takes priority, A-canon comes next, though contradictions with k-canon will be dealt with on a case by case basis, ect.