I’m not saying that the Daley, Neil, Marvel, etc. books weren’t considered canon in the EU, just that they didn’t rely on the WEG books for info.
As an aside, though, I’ll just say I hate that the Marvel comics were later considered part of the EU; seeing those great stories forced into the EU’s unworthy joke of a continuity was extremely distasteful to me.
Ah, right.
However I feel like the old EU should be separated into two categories; pre-PT & post-PT. There were some silly stories at the beginning, but the truly nonsensical stuff, not to mention the retconning happened after Dark Horse had to make everything fit with the PT.