Thread:Raziel Reaper/@comment-38834301-20190518083250

Hello Raz.

I love this wiki. It's the reason why I'm into the Red Dead lore. However, if there is one criticism I can give, it's the false information that this wiki has spread since its creation. While I would say most information on the lore here is accurate, there were some fallacies that unfortunately got ingrained in many people's minds such as:

-That John's scars came from a bear. -That the robbery John got shot and left behind on was specifically a bank robbery. -That Landon Ricketts was a lawman in Blackwater. -That The Marston Daughter died of cholera. -That The Marston Daughter was a kid/baby when she died. (RDR2 somewhat confirms this, but this wiki stated or implied it way before that game released.) -That John joined the gang when he was 17. -That John was 5'10. -That John was blind in one eye.

And more recently, the Blackwater Massacre's death toll. Although I'm not gonna confirm or deny, the body count for the massacre (22 outlaws and 15 lawmen) was most likely a hoax. The more I investigate it, the more I believe that it was made up. And yet, potentially incorrect information stayed on that page for years!

A little while ago there was a minor kerfuffle on the Dutch page, people couldn't decide whether or not Dutch was born in 1858 or 1855. It wasn't until one of the users used the GOTY guide for RDR1 as a source for Dutch's age. In my opinion, we should do more of that, citing sources. It could clean out incorrect information and make this wiki more authentic. Just a suggestion. 