[WikiEN-l] Are TV screencaps reputable sources?

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

A source doesn't have to be canonical to be a good secondary source.
For example, Harry Potter articles could cite the Harry Potter Lexicon as
their source instead of the books by Rowling herself. The Lexicon editors
did all the research for us and no original research would be required.

Mgm

On 8/11/06, Joe Anderson <computerjoe.mailinglist at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Cool Cat recently created an article called Starfleet
> Uniforms<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfleet_Uniforms>,
> and it was nominated for deletion as cruft and OR.
>
> The screencaps/promo photos in the article, IMO, acted as a reputable
> source. I mean, how else (canonically) are you going to know about the
> uniform switch between TOS and TNG? Using a book is not canonical, and
> therefore is surely not [[WP:V]].
>
> As for fancruft, how is an article about Starfleet uniforms fancruft. In
> some people's opinion, any article to do with any fictional is fancruft.
> But
> is the article on Jean-Luc Picard fancruft? I think not.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
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> Joe Anderson
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