Canon is a term used to describe anything that can be used as a source of information when writing an article on a wiki. It is used by a great number of wikis to mean a great number of things; sometimes it describes books, sometimes films, websites, video games, images, comments made in passing by the author or even other articles.
On the Potter Dictionary Wiki, however, the term canon denotes the ten Harry Potter books:
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard