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Canon refers to the body of work that is considered to be "genuine" or "official" within a certain fictional universe.

In the case of the Grey's Anatomy verse, the only canon source of information is the television series itself. While the creators of Grey's Anatomy have never explicitly stated their views on the canonicity of the Grey's Anatomy novels, comics or games, we at Wiki Grey's Anatomy have chosen to accept information from all official sources of Grey's Anatomy story material. In the case of contradictory information, we utilize the following order of precedence to determine which facts are "true."


 * 1) TV series - Information from either Grey's Anatomy or Private Practice overrides contradictory facts from any other source.
 * 2) Related spin-offs - Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game is made with the participation of people involved in the TV show.
 * 3) Writers/Creators - Information provided by the show's writers or creators via Twitter, interviews, etc.
 * 4) Deleted Scenes/Promotional Pictures - Scenes filmed, but deleted from the final cut of the episode or informational which is only shown in official promotional images
 * 5) Website - The character profiles on the ABC website are a semi-official source of information, though they may be contradicted by the TV show at any time.

In this list, information from a source higher on the list overrides information contradicting it lower on the list. For example, information from the shows would be more reliable than information from the website. In the case of contradictory information from two or more sources at the same level of canonicity, the newest source takes precedence.

Notes and Trivia

 * Out-of-universe sources of information such as cast and crew interviews, trailers, and Grey's Anatomy Official Magazine are secondary information sources, much like Wiki  itself. This information may be used so long as it doesn't contradict a higher-ranking source.