Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-898730-20150817110744/@comment-1738746-20150916074553

Right so after a reply was received from Birdzgoboom, she has confirmed that Xenowyrms are a subspecies of Wyrms, and that each Xenowyrm is different enough to warrant its own article. The article separation has been done, with the original page going towards the creation of a new category "Xenowyrms" to be listed as subspecies of "Wyrms". I will leave the article "Xenowrym Dragon" to redirect to this category, and links around the wiki now point to the new separated articles.

In light of this change, I'd like to propose a new set of guidelines by which the wiki can follow in order to better define what dragon articles should be separated as has occurred here, and on what grounds. I propose that the following 2 points to apply to a dragon for their articles to be separated:
 * The dragons must have different elemental affinities.
 * If not different affinities, must have different hatchling, mature hatchling and adult descriptions to show that while the dragons are sister species, they are still sub to each other.
 * The adults of the dragons must have sprites that are physically different to each other (i.e. the only difference cannot be a change in colour alone, but change in pose does count).
 * Both points however can be over-ruled by the wishes and actions of the dragon's artist.

These points allow for dragon articles such as the Xenowyrms and Sunset/Sunrise to be on different articles, but also explains why dragons such as Pyralspites and Seasonals remain as one article. (Note that Sunset & Sunrise dragons share the same elemental affinity- LadyLyzar was contacted about her opinions on this dragon and she has said that their adult forms are different to one another due to sun exposure albeit still related.)

''Secondary points that can be used in support of an article split or merge but will not allow for a final decision unless used in conjunction with the above main points. Feel free to add to this with the discussion:''
 * Eggs are different colours/physically different.
 * Hatchlings/Mature hatchlings are different colours/physically different.
 * Eggs have different descriptions.