User talk:Charles Maxwell

KS Character article

Hey Charles,

Just looking at the article for your charcter from the 2019 Clan Invasion crowdfunding campaign. I know the character has appeared on one of the pilot cards but I am not aware of the character appearing in any other official product. Given the aamount of detail in the article I have concerns about most of it being what amounts to Fan Fiction, We do not actually allow fanon on Sarna per Policy:Fanon but since the character is canon and technically you are the characters creator I would like for us to come to some kind of compromise. Would you be willing to add apocryphal information tags to the article?--Dmon (talk) 17:58, 3 January 2021 (EST)

Hi -

The bio posted here is the same one that was submitted in its entirety to Catalyst. Due to its length, it could not be included in long form on the card. I'm not aware of anyone's canon character having been moved forward into a publication of any kind, nor is that likely to happen for several years due to the thousands of submissions received and the lead time involved in creating such publications. I don't think it's fair to single my character out as "apocryphal fanon" when that hasn't been proven to be the case. What is the actual issue with the bio?

EDIT: I just looked at the publication history of the article. It has been live since October of 2020 without complaint and has iterated very little from its original form. What caused this character to suddenly be targeted?

EDIT 2: Here is the full scope of information that was submitted to Catalyst for canon inclusion. I have no idea evidence to suggest that it has yet been relegated to apocryphal fanfic. While it has been centralized and cleaned up a bit since its first submission in 2019, it has not been fundamentally changed. Please note the post date and compare to what was posted on Sarna.net. If cooberating copies of my messages to Catalyst are required, which include a link to this same post advising them that they should use the bio contained within for canon material are needed, please let me know.

https://www.crayven.net/mercnet/index.php?/topic/2-charles-edward-maxwell/Charles Maxwell (talk)

Hi,

I am not targetting your character as such, and I am aware that the article has been up since October. I have been building a List of Clan Invasion Kickstarter Characters as best I can for some time. Currently very few of the characters have actual articles, of the ones that do yours is by far the most detailed, and it has the benefit of the person behind the character is taking an active interest in the article. This presents an opportunity to me as an Admin on Sarna to try something new. The official rules of Sarna is published canon only, that means only what is published on the card, not what you submitted to CGL. hence the reason I am reaching out to you in hopes of us finding a way to keep your aditional information and stay within the rules of the wiki by making it clear where the line is between published canon and the work of the characters creator before it was edited for brevity by CGL.

I hope this clears up my intent--Dmon (talk) 05:53, 5 January 2021 (EST)