Talk:DJ Pon-3/@comment-128.29.43.3-20120620001926/@comment-82.37.244.72-20120620120345

No, this is not a case where fan material is the primary source. There is never a case where the fan material is the primary source.

In order, the current producers of the show, the original creators of the show, the manufactors of the show merchandise and the licensors of the show merchandise are the final word on what is official, even if the content they are using comes from the fandom. The fandom are not an official source and cannot be used as a primary source.

Even if we were to ignore that the fandom are not an official source, using fan material as a primary source is an incredibly bad idea because of how wildly inconsistent fan material is. For example, there is the huge amount of fan material that considers DJ Pon-3 to be blind. There is the infamous Cupcakes, which makes out Pinkie Pie to be wildly deranged and Rainbow Dash to currently be dead. There is Friendship is Witchcraft, in which Applejack and Rarity are war veterans, and Sweetie Belle is a robot. Which content is more 'official' than other content?

We already have a system in place for determining official materials - the people who hold the copyrights to the franchise and who work on material that is sold with the complete approval of Hasbro. Fan material, by virtue of being fan material, does not fall under this definition.

As for using 'Vın̈yl Scratch' over 'DJ Pon-3' and the spelling of 'Vın̈yl Scratch', so far, DJ Pon-3 is the most commonly-used name from official sources (with varying spellings), and Vın̈yl Scratch has only been seen used once, which makes DJ Pon-3 the most common name; and Vın̈yl Scratch was spelled in a very particular way, making that the official spelling of that name.