Memory Alpha
Memory Alpha is the name of a wiki encyclopedia for topics related to the
Star Trek universe. In the fictional Star Trek universe, "Memory Alpha" was the name for an inhabited planetoid with the home for a Federation central library, as it first appeared in the
TOS episode "The Lights of Zetar". That's why this name was chosen for the wiki.
Klingon language Policy
The wiki is very strict on the canonicity, defining
canon only as what has been seen "on screen". Therefore, the
Klingon language as described in
The Klingon Dictionary (and in this wiki) is NOT accepted as canon.
Their explanation is simple: Even though the spoken words have been *heard* on screen, they have not been *seen* there (nor were they in the movie script, which would be a permitted source for canon spellings of words). On the other hand, the name for the Klingon homeworld (English spelling
Kronos according to
TKD) was displayed as
Qo'noS on a screen during
Star Trek Into Darkness (see ➞
Kronos), so the wiki admins accepted to even name the according page that way, using the Klingon spelling
.
Even the fact that two phrases using Klingon spelling were visible on screen during
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country only proves that
those phrases are accepted as canon, but nothing else
.
Meanwhile, after hard convincing work of
Chris Lipscombe and
Lieven L. Litaer,
The Klingon Dictionary is accepted as a "reference work"
and the Klingon spelling can be added to pages at the "background information" field.
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