Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-2112031-20170322125406/@comment-18014300-20170404190534

Vetinari wrote: If Azaïzia has also told Sima Ya that Discovery is no longer canon that settles how the wiki handles the material, no? No it does not because if I have this right, Sima Yi doesn't really object to this decision, or at least doesn't think we should bother with making an effort to voice our misgivings about it? If I recall, he was just asking Aymar for advice on how to approach the inconsistencies on this wiki; while that was going on, our wiki was in the middle of (or had almost finished) reconciling Discovery and the film, hence, I don't think he brought to him that we find this decision problematic. Aymar, therefore, might not understand why this is an issue with us.

I've checked the entire The Essential Guide for content on Discovery and the film, and it seems to entirely avoid both materials. The only reference is that in the Spanish Inquisition is listed among a rough timeline of "Main Time Periods", which can potentially refer to either works. Also, most curiously enough, this timeline includes periods we haven't actually explored, including World War II (complete with a picture of a male Assassin), Shanghai in the Opium Wars (Black Cross is set half a century after the last Opium War), the Cold War, and the {{wiki|New York City draft riots}], unless I somehow missed some of these. It does include a few Project Legacy settings.

The Essential Guide conflicts with the film because it clearly describes the Templar Order's structure, and there is no such thing as the Council of Elders. Between the Inner Sanctum and the General of the Cross is the three Guardians, one of whom is Alan Rikkin as revealed in Unity. We might reconcile this by explaining that it simply failed to mention the existence of the Council of Elders between the Guardians and the General of the Cross, except the book also explains that only the three Guardians know the identity of the General of the Cross, and they report directly to him.

There is a timeline of the Animus progress, and the Animus 4.3 is missing from the different versions of Animi listed. I know The Essential Guide was published about a month before the film's release though.