Oh dear, I would never have assumed you had an obligation to reply. My first response to your post relating Gen to whether something was canon was an out-of-hand rejection. Preposterous! But the more I thought on it, the more I realized that this wasn't as far-fetched as I thought. Many fans do, in fact, use that system and it's every bit as legitimate as my own. Well, it's every bit as legitimate until...

The terminology is abused and confusing, and all of us HERE, at least, seem to agree on what it should be, but isn't always

So...you'll be supporting me in my bid to be named, "Benevolent Dictator for Life?" *grin* I promise to enact a fan fic labeling system based on this discussion as one of my first acts.