Forum:SH:Encyclopedia canon?

Out of curiosity, what's the rationale for including the old online Encyclopedia as canon? I can understand the Databank since it's newly on the official site, but has anybody in the Story Group commented on its status? The citations currently up for the Encyclopedia note that it is obsolete, and it looks like not all information has been carried over (and even if the info had been carried over to the current Databank, shouldn't we cite that instead since it's not a dead link?). For example, references to Bail Organa's wife as the "Queen of Alderaan" cite the Encyclopedia entry for Bail, but this info is not present in the current version of the site, which makes it seem like this has been intentionally deleted as non-canon. The Encyclopedia was taken down a few months after the canon re-boot, which is what you would expect in terms of web development time. The fact that the specific specifications of ships etc. were not carried over, and the fact that Lucasfilm/Disney seems to be shying away from providing these kind of specifics (smart, helps avoid internal contradictions between lots of newly equal-canon sources), it seemed obvious to me that this is intentional and that the old web site should not be considered canon. Other than tradition/inertia within the community here, is there any good reason to treat this sources as canon? Pointing to the fact that it briefly existed post-reboot seems nitpicky to me since it was removed in short order after the reboot was announced, and I doubt the web developers were the first to hear about it... Gonkgonkgonk (talk) 18:32, March 28, 2016 (UTC)