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Articles must list information about a subject according to the release date of the sources. Different sources may have different release dates in different regions, in which case, whichever region it was released in first provides the release date. Although information from one source may be listed after another source, that does not mean the events depicted ''literally'' occurred after, and writers should not make such an assertion (unless Nintendo has established a connection between the two sources). While information may be divided into different sections based on the series they are from, this does not reflect that certain media products are [[MarioWiki:Canonicity|more or less canonical]] than any other source. For example, "core" ''Super Mario'' titles are no more important than the "spin-offs" like the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'']] games or alternative media, such as the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' cartoon series]]; they are merely organized into their respective sections to avoid speculating on how titles from various series relate to one another in an attempt to write a continuous timeline. | Articles must list information about a subject according to the release date of the sources. Different sources may have different release dates in different regions, in which case, whichever region it was released in first provides the release date. Although information from one source may be listed after another source, that does not mean the events depicted ''literally'' occurred after, and writers should not make such an assertion (unless Nintendo has established a connection between the two sources). While information may be divided into different sections based on the series they are from, this does not reflect that certain media products are [[MarioWiki:Canonicity|more or less canonical]] than any other source. For example, "core" ''Super Mario'' titles are no more important than the "spin-offs" like the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'']] games or alternative media, such as the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' cartoon series]]; they are merely organized into their respective sections to avoid speculating on how titles from various series relate to one another in an attempt to write a continuous timeline. | ||
While most people view the [[Mario ( | While most people view the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' series]] from an "in-universe perspective", the articles must adhere to the release date order. "Background" sections can be made to cover events that are known to occur before the actual first appearance (i.e. [[Mario]]'s infancy, as depicted in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', and his life before ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', which is referenced many times throughout the ''Mario'' series). Links between games can also be mentioned in the sections, but the section order itself cannot be changed to reflect the so-called chronology. | ||
==Guidelines== | ==Guidelines== | ||