FTL Newsfeed Wiki:Canon

In fictional works, canon refers to the body of material which is accepted as the "official" record of a created universe. The term was originally used to differentiate heretical from accepted scripture in the Catholic Church. It is often contrasted with "non-canonical" material, including fan fiction and novelisations or extended works.

Canon in the context of FTL Newsfeed Wiki is taken to refer to episodes of FTL Newsfeed which were broadcast by the Sci-Fi Channel between 1992 and 1996.

Videos
Many broadcast episodes have been made available on YouTube. Where possible, these should be embedded in relevant transcript pages using the ... tags.

Transcripts
The episode transcripts on this wiki are based on material which was at one time posted on the Sci-Fi Channel website (and still available at the Internet Archive). If there are discrepancies between the transcript and the broadcast version, the transcript should be edited to reflect the broadcast version.

Articles
Some of the background information contained in articles in this wiki comes from the FTL Bible which was created by F. Paul Wilson and Matthew Costello as reference material to support the writing of the series arcs. A copy of the latest version (v3.1) is retained at the Internet Archive. If there are factual discrepancies between the FTL Bible and what was actually broadcast, the broadcast information should be preferred.

Images
Wherever possible, images on this wiki should be taken directly from episode screenshots – or a recreation of images seen in one, if necessary. Recreations should strive for complete accuracy of the source material. Fan fiction or non-canonical images should not generally be used. An exception to this is articles about generic classes (for example, Animal or Vegetable). However, where relevant canonical images are available they should be included or substituted.