POLL: Is MxO Canon?

The topic of MxO, the storyline, the enemies, our actions, etc. of being canon in relation to the official Wachowski productions in the Matrix franchise has always been a debated topic. It has been asked, but it's time for an official poll, a community poll that will be tallied and presented for everyone to see. The question:

Do you truly believe that MxO is canon to the Matrix franchise?

The following are officially canon:

• The Matrix Trilogy
• The Animatrix
• Enter the Matrix
• Path of Neo
• The Matrix Comics Vol. 1 + 2

Do you feel that MxO should truly belong on that list? Take, for instance, this example that might make you think:

Say the Wachowski's revisit the Matrix franchise on its 20th Anniversary in 2019. For this special occasion and with renewed interest, they will be making a fourth movie. Now, do you believe that the Wachowski's would take into events that happened during MxO (obviously MxO will cease to exist by then) or would they start after Revolutions, ignoring the events that happened in MxO? If it's the latter, then MxO is considered non-canon, IMO.

Other smaller examples would be another Animatrix, a third volume of the comics, etc. Would they parallel events from MxO, or do you believe they would negate and nullify certain aspects to MxO?

Ask yourselves these questions, then choose your answer: Red or Blue

I think it depends on how orthodox each Matrix fan is. My favourite example would be the Lord of the Rings. Basically, some fans consider only the books written and finished by Tolkien to be canon, then excluding The Silmarillion. Why? Because some fans consider that the work done by his son in publishing it could differ from the vision of Tolkien. However, everything that has to be published in the Middle Earth universe has to be approved by the Tolkien estate, who actually contributes to allow the universe to expand, while avoiding contradictions.

The Matrix franchise doesn't have the army of watchdogs to the storyline that big franchises such as Star Trek, Star Wars or Marvel has. Basically, it is the baby of the brothers. And seeing how they accepted to have both the movie and the PoN Smith, it shows that they are probably not too orthodox with the canon, instead allowing people to do their own interpretations with the Matrix Universe. They have given full control to a lot of different individuals such as video game developpers or comic writers. 

If they would do a new movie, I'm sure not sure that the brothers would call Rarebit to ask him how Ghost's personality is now. After all, the brothers, unlike other franchise holders, have agreed to have MxO expand the license, instead of having it frozen in time like many licenses, who basically repeat the same stories but with different fluff.

So like it or not, what the team does in MxO is canon, but I'm sure that the brothers wouldn't mind too much about it if they would do a movie, since the Matrix should be more seen as an assemblage of style and concepts, with a very flexible narrative to explore it.