Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-25175729-20181207030647

Maxis creatures are currently not allowed to be classified, under the reasoning that the taxonomy project is fanfiction. However, it's almost completely disconnected from the fiction universe with only a handful of taxa having been made specifically for fiction--and most of those fiction-related taxa are genera, and I doubt anyone would try to classify a Maxis creature in Caprisaurus or Rambo. Since the fictional side of the spore wiki has been made more apparent to visitors with fiction appearing in the sidebar and wiki activity anyway, I also don't think an indirect link between a Maxis creature page and some fanfiction is that big of a deal anymore.

Of course, on the other hand, if we start classifying Maxis creatures we will inevitably start seeing people who don't understand the system trying to change things to fit their headcanons. One could argue that this is exactly what classifying Maxis creatures would be anyway. But the taxonomy project has better enforced rules now and it isn't as weirdly loose and messy as it used to be, so a lot of "headcanons" would just boil down to names just like real taxonomy, and with the appropriate links and warnings I think it could be manageable.

Anyone have their own opinions on this? Additional pros and cons? 