User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-35218602-20200819204908/@comment-88790-20200822155823

I would err on the side of caution and if it's not mentioned we shouldn't try to interpret.

I think for the species of a fictional character to be defined as "real" either they have to define themselves as such or someone within the text has to designate them as such.

In some cases I think the infobox has been overused to simplify a complicated question, so best to keep definitions that are complicated like this out of the infobox and in the body of the article where it can be better explored.