Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-957629-20190518094949

Hey guys I genuinely hope you are keeping well. For those who know our policies, this is not for you, you can move on with your lives, for those who are new and don't know our policies, this is for you to read since we still seem to get a lot of questions and well arguments over the matter so I want to test something out.

Novels

We are well aware that there are novels that have been released since the end of the Manga. Now, per our rules that have been in place for years, this Wiki is dedicated to the Manga Bleach and also the Anime as a direct adaptation of the Manga which is why Fillers are included but given a note next to them in Canon articles and profiles.

To US the Novels are not Canon because, per our Canon Policy, the Novels are not written by Kubo and are thus not considered Canon by us. Now, if you consider them canon, fine fantastic, we are not going to try and convince you otherwise, but here, the team does not per our agreements over the years. I opened a discussion when the recent novels started coming out and the agreement was that we still do not consider them canon. But again, if you do, you are allowed to but here you must obey our policies.

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There are a list of articles FOR the Novels that you can find here. Now they are a bit bare and a bit lacking because they were never released outside of Japan and its difficult to find reliable translators for them.

Note: Work on any Wiki is voluntary so we also need to have users that have an interest in these novels who is also interested in filling out these pages to our standards. Thankfully, Timjer has decided to help out in that regard, which we are eternally grateful for, as he enjoys reading the Translations and enjoys the Novels where many of us don't. Again, I need to stress that it's ok if you are a fan of the novels but many of us here are not and do not enjoy reading the format of the translations and that is ok as people are allowed to enjoy different things without being made to feel guilty about it or brow beat about it.

There has been a lot of demands and talk about how to add the OC characters from these Novels and the information in them to articles. It was agreed that we can discuss that when the Novel articles are filled out because those articles have lay bar for so long with, often (not always), people only wanting to add "Lore" to articles because they like certain pieces of said lore. The "Lore" will need to be separate out, maybe through the use of Tabs and such when the time comes after the articles are filled out.

So yeah TL:DR :
 * 1) Bleach Wiki does not consider the Novels to be Canon to the Manga per the Canon Policy
 * 2) Novel Articles Exist and can be found here for anyone wanting to, kindly, volunteer their time to fill them out if you feel the Wiki is missing something.
 * 3) Novel Lore will not be added to Canon material in articles related to the Manga until those Novel articles are developed to our standards and then we can discuss how to move forward with the possibility of Tabs on Manga articles.
 * 4) It is OK to Disagree with our stance but please do it respectfully without insults or insinuating that anyones opinion on the matter is less valid than another and deserves to be dismissed. Respect is key as disrespect will be closed as it causes disruption on our Wiki and we have always tried our best to keep disruption and drama at a minimum. So stay respectful and mindful of our Forum Rules at all times.

If you want to influence change here, the only way to do that is to become part of the community and contribute in a respectful, positive manner. We welcome all help in this regard. There is always work to be done, even if some people like to use the word "Dead" in describing us, we are still here, still improving the place.

Have a nice day everyone and thank you for reading. :) 