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===Infobox===
{{ST episode |
name = Spock's Brain|
image = [[Image:No Screenshot.svg|270px]]<br />Spock has his brain stolen, in<br />"Spock's Brain"|
series = TOS |
ep_num = 56 |
prod_num = 062 |
date = [[September 20]], [[1968]] |
writer = [[Gene L. Coon]] as [[Lee Cronin]]|
director = [[Marc Daniels]] |
guest = [[Marj Dusay]]<br /> [[James Daris]]<br /> [[Sheila Leighton]]<br /> [[Pete Kellett]]<br /> [[Eddie Paskey]]<br /> [[William Blackburn (actor)]]<br /> Frank da Vinci<br /> [[Roger Holloway]]|
stardate = 5131.4|
year = 2268|
prev = [[Assignment: Earth]]|
next = [[The Enterprise Incident|The ''Enterprise'' Incident]]
}}


All Star Trek articles should contain an infobox when appropriate. These are practical quick reference for traditional datapoints for things like episodes/movies, characters, races, or ships/units. An example of an infobox for the episode "Spock's Brain" is shown to the right.

===Article Titles===
As per [[WP:D|Disambiguation Guidelines]], articles should only be disambiguated when the disambiguation is necessary. This is also true for articles on individual Star Trek episodes - the title of the article should be the name of the episode, disambiguated ''only'' if the name of the episode is ambiguous.

For example, [[Spock's Brain]] is not disambiguated because "Spock's Brain" is not an ambiguous name. However, [[Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)]] is disambiguated because there are other articles with the name "Arena".

All disambiguation on Star Trek articles, when required, should conform to the following naming convention:
* Title (Star Trek: The Original Series) – ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episodes
: e.g. [[Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)]]
* Title (Star Trek: The Animated Series) - ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' episodes
: e.g. [[Bem (Star Trek: The Animated Series)]]
* Title (Star Trek: The Next Generation) – ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episodes
: e.g. [[Brothers (Star Trek: The Next Generation)]]
* Title (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) – ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episodes
: e.g. [[Babel (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)]]
* Title (Star Trek: Voyager) – ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episodes
: e.g. [[Scorpion (Star Trek: Voyager)]]
* Title (Star Trek: Enterprise) – ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episodes
: e.g. [[United (Star Trek: Enterprise)]]
* Title (Star Trek) – for any other Star Trek article or file, disambiguated or equivalent
: e.g. [[Vulcan (Star Trek)]]

For articles on individual Star Trek episodes, if no disambiguation is needed on the article title, a redirect should be created at the disambiguated title pointing to the actual article. For example, [[Spock's Brain]] is an episode article that requires no disambiguation. Therefore, [[Spock's Brain (TOS episode)]] has been created as a redirect to [[Spock's Brain]].

In case of ambiguity or inconsistency in capitalisation of words in titles, deference should be given to episode entries in [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek#Semi-canon|licensed Star Trek compendiums]] – viz. ''[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]]''.

===Fiction on Wikipedia===
Editors should keep in mind that Wikipedia is an [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)|out-of-universe source]], '''''all articles should take an out-of-universe perspective'''''. All articles should also conform to Wikipedia's guidelines on [[Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Check your fiction|writing about fiction.]]

===Style and format===
====General====
'''Star Trek''' (plain text, without italics) should be used when describing the fictional universe, franchise, or related phenomena:
:e.g. The [[Star Trek]] franchise is one of the most lucrative in television history.
:e.g. In the Star Trek fictional universe, Data is an android that is "fully functional".

'''''Star Trek''''' (italics) should be used when referring to specific series, genres, episodes, and movies:
:e.g. The series ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' debuted in 1966.
:e.g. The series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' debuted in 1987.
:e.g. Both Kirk and Picard appeared in ''[[Star Trek Generations]]''.

* Since the name of the original series is properly ''Star Trek'', and to promote clarity, full in-text references to the original series should generally appear as the [[retronym]] ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' (or its [[TLA]]/Es); see below.

====Episodes====
To reference certain episodes you may use the reference system, an example as follows:

<code><nowiki><ref name="Breaking the Ice">{{cite episode| title=Breaking the Ice| episodelink=Breaking the Ice (Star Trek: Enterprise)| series=Star Trek: Enterprise| serieslink=Star Trek: Enterprise}}</ref></nowiki></code>

Where "Breaking the Ice" is the title name, series and serieslink also require changing as well as the TLA.

To show the references the below code should be placed at the bottom of the article or above the external links section:

<code><nowiki>== References ==</nowiki><br>
{{tl|Reflist}}</code>

====Movies====
In articles, initial in-text references to movie titles should appear wikified and italicised, optionally followed by its [[TLA/E]]:
:''Title'', e.g. ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''
:''Title'' (''TLA/E''), e.g. ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' (''[[ST2:TWOK]]'')
:''Title'' (''TLA/E''), e.g. ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' (''[[TWOK]]'')

When listing multiple items, the TLA/E alone for a movie can be used upfront and wikified ''(see 'Borg' example above in "Episodes")''.

Subsequent in-text references for movies in the same article need not be wikified, and can either be the TLA/E or abbreviated title:
:''TLA/E'', e.g. ''TWOK''
:(''TLA/E''), e.g. (''ST2:TWOK'')
:''brief title'', e.g. ''The Wrath of Khan''

==Canonicity==

Since articles about fictional characters, places, events and objects should be written in an [[WP:WAF|out-of-universe perspective]], most of the issues regarding canon vs non-canon simply fall away, as no information should be presented as fact, and it all should be sourced. Canon status can, however, inform the prominence and relevance of information.

===Canon===
{{Main|Star Trek canon}}

In brief, this is all on-screen material, with the exception of the [[Star Trek: The Animated Series|animated series]] (see below). Sources for canon information should be noted, ideally with context (was the information in dialogue, seen on-screen or was it from an Okudagram?). Editors are encouraged to not rely on the ''Encyclopedia'''s attribution of facts to the episodes and check for themselves, as the ''Encyclopedia'' does not always note when it is speculating.

TLA/Es for each also appear. Paramount presently recognise the Star Trek continuity as:
====Television series====
*''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' – ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]]'', ''ST:TOS''
*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' – ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'', ''ST:TNG''
*''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' – ''[[DS9]]'', ''ST:DS9''
*''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' – ''[[VOY]]'', ''ST:VOY''
*''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' – ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|ENT]]'', ''ST:ENT''

====Films====
*''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' – ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|ST:TMP]]'', ''[[TMP]]'', ''ST I'' *
*''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' – ''[[ST2:TWOK]]'', ''[[TWOK]]'', ''ST II'' *
*''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' – ''[[ST3:TSFS]]'', ''[[TSFS]]'', ''ST III'' *
*''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' – ''[[ST4:TVH]]'', ''[[TVH]]'', ''ST IV'' *
*''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' – ''[[ST5:TFF]]'', ''[[TFF]]'', ''ST V'' *
*''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' – ''[[ST6:TUC]]'', ''[[TUC]]'', ''ST VI'' *
*''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' – ''ST:G'', ''[[ST VII]]'' *
*''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' – ''ST:FC'', ''[[ST VIII]]'' *
*''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'' – ''ST:I'', ''[[ST IX]]'' *
*''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]'' – ''ST:N'', ''[[ST X]]'' *
*''[[Star Trek (film)]]'' - ''[[ST XI]]'' *
<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> For clarity, use of TLAs with Roman numerals to denote films is discouraged.</small>

According to ''[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', [[Gene Roddenberry]] unsuccessfully attempted to have elements of the films ''Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'' and ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' declared [[apocryphal]].

Speculation from Star Trek writers and backstories created for characters but ''never indicated on screen'' are not canon. Spellings of words found in scripts may be used.

Where the remastered version of the original series differs from the older version both versions should be presented. New information (such as new ship models not depicted on the original version), should be explicitly cited to the remastered version.

===Semi-canon===
There is a body of officially licensed reference work produced by people who have directly worked on the various Star Trek shows and films. These are generally regarded as "true" except where they contradict new episodes. Such works are considered a [[Grey area (concept)|grey area]]: the creative teams behind the various Star Trek television series and films are under no obligation to adhere to any conjecture or extrapolation offered in these works. (See individual entries for exceptions.)

Where information from these works is utilized in Wikipedia, a reference should always be noted, either in the References section. Where an article is portraying a mixture of information from various sources, it may be wise to attribute the information directly within the text.

====Print====
=====Books=====
{{Main|List of Star Trek novels}}
*''[[The Klingon Dictionary]]''
*''[[The Klingon Way]]''
*''[[Legends of the Ferengi]]''
*''[[Star Trek Chronology]]''
*''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual]]''
*''[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Star Trek Star Charts]]''
*''[[Star Trek Starship Spotter]]''
*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'' (''ST:TNG TM'')
*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints]]''

=====Magazines and supplements=====
*''[[Star Trek: Communicator]]'', official fan magazine
*''[[Star Trek: The Magazine]]''
*''Starfleet Technical Database'', a feature that appeared in ''Star Trek: The Magazine''
''see [[#Backstage information|Backstage information]]''

====Digital/online====
*''[[Star Trek Captain's Chair]]''
*''[[Star Trek Omnipedia]]''
*''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation: Interactive Technical Manual]]''
* [http://www.startrek.com Official website]. The website includes substantial information taken from works such as the ''Chronology'' and ''Encyclopedia'', leading to some confusion over canonical status. Paramount considers the website to be a print source, and (thus) is inline with the canonicity of other print references.
* [http://www.startrek.cl Official website in Chile].

====Audio====
*''[[Conversational Klingon]]''
*''[[Power Klingon]]''

====Backstage information====
Some information has been provided only through off-screen anecdotes, such as the names of various species seen in the Star Trek films, computer displays that are not legible to viewers, and the [[surname]] of [[Mr. Spock|Spock]]'s [[Amanda Grayson|mother]]. These are sometimes closer to [[Fanon (fiction)|fanon]] than official references. Before "Star Trek," Gene Roddenberry spent a great deal of time on the shooting set of "The Outer Limits," where he also met a great many of the actors who later appeared in ST:TOS. These included William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan and Grace Lee Whitney amongst many others. Much of the Star Trek legacy was a tribute to TOL creator, Joseph Stefano, who was largely responsible for almost every successful science fiction film of the late 20th century either anonymously, or under pseudonyms.

*Official magazines and supplements
*Licensed [[trading card]]s: e.g., ''[[Star Trek Customizable Card Game]]''
*Writer and production crew interviews

===Non-canon===
While these works are beloved by fans and may commonly be regarded as fanon, they are not official, and if included should always be clearly attributed to their source, and not presented as "true" in the fictional universe.

Treatment of non-canon material within articles is a matter of judgement. It may be useful to consider non-canon material at length, especially if it influences later material, or was a matter of particular controversy (for example, [[Timeline of Star Trek]] describes several other timelines which put Okuda's timeline into a historical context), or [[Vulcan (Star Trek planet)|Vulcan]]'s moon. Much non-canon material is inconsistent with other non-canon material, so attempting to portray a consistent all-encompassing [[Star Trek Expanded Universe]] is problematic. In other cases, non-canon material may be better treated as a minor footnote, with a reference to the article about the non-canon work in question.

It is worth noting that this viewpoint is considered controversial by many fans, some of whom consider literary works to be superior to many examples of the televised and filmed Star Trek. The responsibility for deciding what is non-canon rests with Paramount Pictures, the owners of the Star Trek franchise, although Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is generally considered responsible for the fact that ''The Animated Series'' (see below) is not considered canon.

====''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (TAS)====
No animated series episode is considered canon, however elements from the animated series have been introduced into canon in several episodes. Please view the TAS main article for examples.

====''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]''====
It is often stated that the events of ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' were followed by a second five-year mission. Gene Roddenberry had planned to produce a new TV series in the late 1970s, and TMP was an expanded version of the original script for the first episode. However, since nothing was ever filmed, and no reference has ever been made on screen to a post-TMP mission, all references to ''Phase II'' or a second mission have to be considered non-canon. (Two scripts written for ''Phase II'', "The Child" and "Devil's Due", were later used for ''TNG''.) Note that the semi-canon ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'' accepts the validity of the second five-year mission.

====Print====
*''[[Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology]]''
*''[[Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise]]''
*''[[The Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' - note, however, that several diagrams from this book appear in the first 3 movies.
*[[comic book]]s
*[[games]] (e.g., [[role-playing game|role-playing]])
*[[List of Star Trek novels|novel]]s - According to current editors at [[Pocket Books]], no novels or other printed stories are considered canon by Paramount. This includes the Voyager novels ''Pathways'' and ''Mosaic'' (both by the series producer [[Jeri Taylor]]) which may have been considered canon at one point. Also, the Star Trek novels published by [[Bantam Books]] in the 1970s and early 1980s, [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s extensively expanded novelizations of the Animated Series (the ''Star Trek Logs'' book series), and the TOS novelizations of [[James Blish]] (which occasionally included conjecture about aspects of the Star Trek universe and occasionally contradicted the broadcast episodes) are likewise not considered canon.

====Audio====
Several original audio adventures featuring Captain [[Hikaru Sulu]] and the crew of the U.S.S. ''Excelsior'' were produced in the 1990s by [[Simon & Schuster]] Audioworks, a company related to Pocket Books. These audio dramas are presently considered non-canon as they are generally categorized the same as the original novels.

====Video games====
It is generally assumed that none of the [[Star Trek games|Star Trek-based computer and video games]] produced over the years are canonical, including ''Klingon'' and ''Borg'' which both featured dramatic storylines shot on film featuring Star Trek actors, and a number of [[computer role playing games]] featuring voice work by TV series actors.
*[[Star Trek: Armada]]
*[[Star Trek: Armada II]]
*[[Star Trek: Klingon Academy]]
*[[Star Trek: Legacy]]
*[[Star Trek: New Worlds]]
*[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command]]
*[[Star Trek Starfleet Command II: Empires at War|Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War]]
*[[Star Trek: Tactical Assault]]
*[[Star Trek games|etc.]]
*[[Star Trek Online]] - Working title of an [[MMPORG]] set in the Star Trek universe, revealed on August 10, 2008 at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel.

===[[Fan fiction|Fan fiction (fanon)]]===
*personal Star Trek websites
*Star Fleet Universe
*any other materials not included above

==Participants==
Please feel free to add youself to the [[/Participants|participants page]].
''When listing yourself, please do so in alphabetical order.''

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Star Trek is a science fiction universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the mid-1960s. The term Star Trek collectively refers to seven science fiction/fantasy television series spanning 754 episodes, thirteen motion pictures and hundreds of novels as of August 2nd, 2019. As well, there are Star Trek table-top role-playing games, trading card games, console and computer video games, action figures and model kit spaceships, and other works of fiction.

WikiProject Star Trek was formed to foster the creation and improvement of Star Trek-related articles, and to establish guidelines for those articles. Its members endeavor to produce an authoritative reference on Star Trek materials (canon and non-canon), which is easy to read and has a consistent style. The goal is for our articles to live long and prosper.

And remember that, in the words of Benjamin Sisko, there's an old saying: Fortune favors the bold.

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Episode Titles

As per Disambiguation Guidelines, articles should only be disambiguated when the disambiguation is necessary. This is also true for articles on individual Star Trek episodes - the title of the article should be the name of the episode, disambiguated only if the name of the episode is ambiguous. "Spock's Brain," for example, is not disambiguated because "Spock's Brain" is not an ambiguous name. "Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)" is disambiguated because there are other articles with the name "Arena". All disambiguation on Star Trek articles, when required, should conform to the naming convention of Title (Series).
Examples include: Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series) and Brothers (Star Trek: The Next Generation).


Article Titles

Other Star Trek articles or files which require disambiguation titles should follow the naming convention Title (Star Trek).
Examples include: Communicator (Star Trek) and Vulcan (Star Trek).


Redirects

For articles on individual Star Trek episodes, if no disambiguation is needed on the article title, a redirect should be created at the disambiguated title pointing to the actual article. For example, Spock's Brain is an episode article that requires no disambiguation. Therefore, Spock's Brain (TOS episode) has been created as a redirect to Spock's Brain.


Capitalization

In case of ambiguity or inconsistency in capitalization of words in titles, deference should be given to episode entries in licensed Star Trek compendiums – viz. The Star Trek Encyclopedia.


Fiction on Wikipedia

Editors should keep in mind that Wikipedia is an out-of-universe source, all articles should take an out-of-universe perspective. All articles should also conform to Wikipedia's guidelines on writing about fiction.


Infoboxes

All Star Trek articles should contain an infobox when appropriate, which are a broad class of template commonly used in articles to present certain summary or overview information about the subject: {{Infobox character}}, {{Infobox fictional race}}, {{Infobox television episode}}.


Navigation Templates

A number of navigational templates have been created for Star Trek articles to make it easier for readers to view related articles. There should be at least one navigational template should be placed on every Star Trek page. Please follow the guidelines detailed at Category: Star Trek templates for more specific information.


References

When referencing article information, remember to use reliable sources. Avoid using Star Trek episodes and films as references when possible, as they constitute primary sources.


Style and Format

The true name of first Star Trek series is properly Star Trek; to promote clarity, references to the original series should generally appear as the retronym Star Trek: The Original Series.
Use italics when describing the franchise, television series, films, or similar.
e.g. The Star Trek franchise was created by Gene Roddenberry.
e.g. The series Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted in 1987.
e.g. Star Trek: First Contact was released to theaters in 1996.
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What is canon?

Main article: Star Trek canon
Since articles about fictional characters, places, events and objects should be written in an out-of-universe perspective, most of the issues regarding "canon vs non-canon" simply fall away, as no information should be presented as fact, and it all should be sourced. Canon status can inform the prominence and relevance of information. In brief, this is all television and film on-screen material.[1] Sources for canon information should be noted, ideally with context (was the information in dialogue, seen on-screen or was it from an Okudagram?). Editors are encouraged to not rely on the Encyclopedia's attribution of facts to the episodes and check for themselves, as the Encyclopedia does not always note when it is speculating. TLA/Es for each also appear. Paramount presently recognizes the Star Trek continuity as:
Television series:
Star Trek: The Original Series – TOS, ST:TOS
Star Trek: The Animated Series – TAS, ST:TAS
Star Trek: The Next Generation – TNG, ST:TNG
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – DS9, ST:DS9
Star Trek: Voyager – VOY, ST:VOY
Star Trek: Enterprise – ENT, ST:ENT
Star Trek: Discovery – DIS, ST:DIS
Star Trek: Short Treks - SHO, ST:SHO
Star Trek: Picard - PIC, ST:PIC
Star Trek: Lower Decks - LOW, ST:LOW
Star Trek: Prodigy - PRO, ST:PRO
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - SNW, ST:SNW (upcoming)
Feature films:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture – ST:TMP, TMP, ST I *
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – ST2:TWOK', TWOK, ST II *
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – ST3:TSFS, TSFS, ST III *
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – ST4:TVH, TVH, ST IV *
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – ST5:TFF, TFF, ST V *
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – ST6:TUC, TUC, ST VI *
Star Trek Generations – ST:G, ST VII *
Star Trek: First Contact – ST:FC, ST VIII *
Star Trek: Insurrection – ST:I, ST IX *
Star Trek Nemesis – ST:N, ST X *
Star Trek (2009 film) - ST XI *
Star Trek Into Darkness - ST XII' *
Star Trek Beyond - ST XIII' *
For clarity, use of TLAs with Roman numerals to denote films is discouraged.
Regarding the remastered episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series:
Where the remastered version of the original series differs from the older version both versions should be presented. New information (such as new ship models not depicted on the original version), should be explicitly cited to the remastered version.


Semi-canon

There is a body of officially licensed reference work produced by people who have directly worked on the various Star Trek shows and films. These are generally regarded as "true" except where they contradict new episodes. Such works are considered a grey area: the creative teams behind the various Star Trek television series and films are under no obligation to adhere to any conjecture or extrapolation offered in these works. (See individual entries for exceptions.)
According to The Star Trek Encyclopedia, Gene Roddenberry unsuccessfully attempted to have elements of the films Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country declared apocryphal. This should be disregarded as Paramount Pictures has made no official statement. Speculation from Star Trek writers and backstories created for characters but never indicated on screen are not canon. Spellings of words found in scripts may be used.
Where information from these works is utilized in Wikipedia, a reference should always be noted, either in the References section. Where an article is portraying a mixture of information from various sources, it may be wise to attribute the information directly within the text.
Reference guides:
Main articles: List of Star Trek technical manuals and List of Star Trek reference books
The Klingon Dictionary
The Klingon Way
The Star Trek Encyclopedia
Star Trek Magazine (UK)
Star Trek: The Magazine (US)
The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion
Voyages of Imagination
Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology
Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise
The Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual
Internet:
Official website. The website includes substantial information taken from works such as the Chronology and Encyclopedia, leading to some confusion over canonical status. Paramount considers the website to be a print source, and (thus) is inline with the canonicity of other print references.
Backstage information:
Some information has been provided only through off-screen anecdotes, such as the names of various species seen in the Star Trek films, computer displays that are not legible to viewers, and the surname of Spock's mother. These are sometimes closer to fanon than official references. This information can come from official magazines and supplements, licensed trading cards (for example, Star Trek Customizable Card Game), and writer and production crew interviews.


Non-canon

While these works are beloved by fans and may commonly be regarded as fanon, they are not official, and if included should always be clearly attributed to their source, and not presented as "true" in the fictional universe.
Treatment of non-canon material within articles is a matter of judgement. It may be useful to consider non-canon material at length, especially if it influences later material, or was a matter of particular controversy (for example, Timeline of Star Trek describes several other timelines which put Okuda's timeline into a historical context), or Vulcan's moon. Much non-canon material is inconsistent with other non-canon material, so attempting to portray a consistent all-encompassing Star Trek Expanded Universe is problematic. In other cases, non-canon material may be better treated as a minor footnote, with a reference to the article about the non-canon work in question.
It is worth noting that this viewpoint is considered controversial by many fans, some of whom consider literary works to be superior to many examples of the televised and filmed Star Trek. The responsibility for deciding what is non-canon rests with Paramount Pictures, the owners of the Star Trek franchise.
Regarding Star Trek: Phase II:
It is often stated that the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture were followed by a second five-year mission. Gene Roddenberry had planned to produce a new TV series in the late 1970s, and TMP was an expanded version of the original script for the first episode. However, since nothing was ever filmed, and no reference has ever been made on screen to a post-TMP mission, all references to Phase II or a second mission have to be considered non-canon. (Two scripts written for Phase II, "The Child" and "Devil's Due", were later used for TNG.) Note that the semi-canon Star Trek Chronology accepts the validity of the second five-year mission.
Other publications:
Star Trek novels
According to current editors at Pocket Books, no novels or other printed stories are considered canon by Paramount. This includes episode and film novelizations, the Deep Space Nine relaunch novels, and the Voyager novels "Pathways" and "Mosaic" (even though they were both written by the Voyager executive producer Jeri Taylor, and at one point were considered to be the only canon novels).
Star Trek comics
Role-playing games and the Star Trek Customizable Card Game
Audio:
Several original audio adventures featuring Captain Hikaru Sulu and the crew of the USS Excelsior were produced in the 1990s by Simon & Schuster Audioworks, a company related to Pocket Books. These audio dramas are presently considered non-canon as they are generally categorized the same as the original novels.
Video games:
Star Trek video games
While there have been no official statements, none of the Star Trek-based computer and video games produced over the years should be considered canonical.
Fan fiction (fanon):
Fan-created fiction, websites, films, games, and other materials are never considered to be canon, since there is no involvement of Paramount Pictures.
Likewise, the Star Fleet Universe and all associated content is also not canon.
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