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→Why the term "Canon" or "Canonicity" is problematic
|quote = "''Games Workshop ‘canon’ is often quoted in many a forum argument, and while many game universes do have a strict canonical source that can be quoted as ‘fact’, 40K seems to have a very liberal view of what ‘canon’ is and how the background books, novels and ‘colour text’ should be viewed.''<br>
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''As I understand it, is that there is no strictly ‘canon’ background and it’s all down to interpretation. In addition the Black Library uses an extended or expanded version of the 40K background and the Wargame uses are restricted background. [...]''<br>
Source: [https://philipsibbering.com/warhammer/gw-canon/ Philip Sibbering: GW Canon] ''(last accessed 15 April 2020)''
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