Sturgeon's law applies equally well to the published material. Just because it has gone through a review process does not mean it comes out the other side any better.
It's not only a question of "quality". It's not only a question of what has been or once was "vetted". It's a question of what Mr. Miller considers canon.
Already answered. Re-read Post #25 and I quote:
Post #25 - What's out? Any physically published materials which have been specifically de-canonized like the old Judge's Guild materials or those portions of TCS and Striker.
See above.
* Paranoia press Beyond sector. Officially licensed and published, but decanonized. IIRC you said this should not be included.
You "IIRC" correctly. Again, re-read Post #25.
* T5 Second Survey data: This is the official canon stellar data, been reviewed by multiple people (including me) but most of it has never been "published" except on the TravellerMap web site. Include or not?
The phrase "official stellar canon data" answers your "question".
* Library data from Signal-GK. This was a fanzine published in the UK, so "fanon". But though a chain of events, the Library data is considered canon. The information is reflected in the T5 Second survey data above. Include or not?
Again, the phrase "considered canon" answers your "question".
* History of the Imperium Working Group.
"Fanon".
* Mongoose Traveller Spinward Marches book. Similar to Behind the Claw listed above, "officially" published but with numerous canon conflicts and other problems. Ignoring the copyright that prevents this from being included...
Again, you answer your own "question" -
"... the copyright that prevents this from being included..."
These are just the book level questions I know about. If we want to get into individual entries (e.g. IRIS)...
IRIS was revealed in
TNE to be a con game run by intel weenies. That's it's Wiki entry,
TNE's correction. The rest of the material Gannon sneaked into
MT goes under fanon.
... we could spend four lifetimes debating this.
Hardly. You've a list of what Mr. Miller considers canon, so only that what goes in the
Alpha/Canon/OTU/Whatever part of the Wiki. Everything else goes into the other part.
The wiki does currently mark the difference between canon and non-canon, published and not published.
And that's the current problem with the Wiki.
It is your stated opinion that even if we marked the Fanon material with 72 point blink tag "NOT CANON" text, that some overworked, underpaid writer would simply ignore that and include the "crap" in their new officially published Traveller book.
Yes, that is my opinion and I think it's been born out by the number of time writers and prospective writers have come here asking questions.
So where on the continuum of what the wiki does today (as insufficient as it is) to the completely separate, editable only by Marc, wiki would you find sufficiently separate?
You already have that answer and you've always had that answer.
There is a list of what Mr. Miller considers canon and what he doesn't consider canon. There is also a list of what can be quoted and referenced and what cannot be quoted and referenced. Don referred to both over the years often enough and even posted short precis of both. You, the Wiki Chief, have the same information as Don did and you, the Wiki Chief, can ask the same questions as Don did.
You already know what is canon and what isn't. You already what has been decanonized and what hasn't. You already know what can be quote and referenced and what cannot. You can already separate what Mr. Miler considers canon from everything else. You can already lock down or limit the editing of those pages containing what Mr. Miller considers canon.
So, why are you still asking me questions you already know the answers to and why aren't you doing what you already can do?
Put everything Mr. Miller considers canon - whether it conflicts with other canon or not - in one pile, put everything else in another pile, and then limit editing access to the first pile.
