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Laconics have a tendency to be misleading or even meaningless in the service of pithiness. I mean, we're trying to fix it, but there's a lot to go through.
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.And upon actually reading it, the trivia-item description for Word of God does seem to be consistent with the claim that it only applies to statements about canon, and not just any old thing a creator said about a work.
Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.I don't think Word of God is limited to canon discussions. This sort of cleanup should be preceded by a discussion IMO.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Jamaicanst 01 removed a lot of Word of God mentions, saying "Word of God is when creators make statements regarding canon in the work, not development of the work itself".
Is that really the case? Because the laconic for WOG simply says "The creator set the record straight", which can apply to many things, not just canon.