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''Wikipedia'' defines the concept of "Canon" in fiction as follows: ''"In fiction, canon is the material accepted as officially part of the story in the fictional universe of that story. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction. [...] Other times, the word can mean 'to be acknowledged by the creator(s)'."'' For more information on this topic, see [[Wikipedia:Canon (fiction)|"Canon" as a concept in fiction]].
The passi passages ''"officially part of the story"'' and ''"acknowledged by the creator(s)"'' in a nutshell already highlights why using the term ''"Canon"'' in conjunction with [[Games Workshop]] is somewhat difficult. Some reasons for this are:
*the immense wealth of available publications stretching back to the 1980s across several editions of the [[Warhammer 40,000]] (and related) games
*[[Games Workshop]] almost never officially disowning any of the previously published material
