User blog comment:JWarrior89/Jack Sparrow vs Zorro (Campellverse)/@comment-72.35.120.155-20130905110213/@comment-72.35.120.155-20130906174808

Lets try this a different way. How do you know  The Brethren Court, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, and Price of Freedom are all canon? In other words what have the creator/owners of the franchise said on the subject. Here some examples of what I'm talking about for other franchises

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Canon

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/canon.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffyverse_canon

Yes even in those cases their is room for discussion and debate, but what the examples have that you lack are comments and quotes from persons involved in the creation/mantainience of the franchises in question.

So does the encyclopdia have anything like that either as an entry proper or even some where in the forward etc?

In the absence of a statment one way or another. Its pretty standard fair to assume that other works ( in this case books and games ) exist in their own continuity or at the very leasthold less weight then or are in a secondary position to the primary works ( in this case the films ). This also tends to be extended to the creators of primary and secondary properties. Though of course the franchise owners do have the finale say.

I'm sorry if this is confusing. In the end all I am looking for is some sort of statment from somebody involved in the franchise as to what constitutes "rea", "official", or "canon" with in the PiratesVerse.