Forum:CT Archive/Where do we draw the line between recording canon and being an IU repository?

In some instances it is preferrable to include information from OOU sources, such as RPG Rulebooks and Essential Guides. These are the most clear and consise sources of information we have on many things, so it would be unthinkable to not include them. In other instances, it is not preferrable, however. The opening crawls of the movies are narration, and are thus clearly OOU. Novel authors have a tendency of letting their opinions on subjects shine through the text, more OOU. Comic books have small taxtboxes where the comic author can add descriptions for the sake of the reader, but sometimes these include opinions as well, more OOU. Since we are an NPOV repository, it would be no good to include author opinions, whether through novel text, comic book textboxes, opening crawls, or real-life interviews, into our IU articles. Therefore we shouldn't, and the only way to ensure that, is by having a rule that only IU info goes. But by that same coin, we would be unable to include information from any OOU source, the abovementioned RPG sourcebooks and Essential Guides being prime examples. Therefore I suggest we clairfy this issue and make a policy for it. It seems obvious that we cannot include creator opinions in our IU articles, and therefore need to only embrace info from IU sources. But we need clear exceptions to that rule, so as to be able to include reference works in our articles as well.