Thread:Rvb forever/@comment-38834301-20190517211150/@comment-2008429-20190909233923

I didn't respond because weirdly I never got a notification that you ever posted on here. But anyways, I don't remember who on the wiki had it. I remember what must have been almost nine years ago now. That on this wiki, someone did have it. A lot of debate and discussion happened because of the release of the GOTY guidebook. I can't recall if it was on a blog post or talk page topic. I doubt any of this still exists on the site because so many users have come and gone since then. It's possible that it might though, maybe all of the discussion is buried somewhere on the site.

I recall the Timeline article found here  was only created because of information from the GOTY guidebook. If you look at the dates on the history page of the Timeline article. It will correlate with the release of the GOTY guidebook. I gurantee it. Because that Timeline article never showed up on this wiki until after the GOTY guidebook released. Which is the reason that myself and namely the few other older users from that time on here cite it with Dutch's (and other characters) birthdate. Over the years it's become accepted that the information on the timeline article came from the GOTY guidebook specifcally.

As for the 2011 GOTY guidebook having newer information then the 2010 original one. I know for a fact it does. I know Rockstar added stuff in the guidebook that was included with the DLC. Especially Undead Nightmare. But as for changing or updating charcter info. Like birthdates or backstory. I have no idea. RDR2 was already being worked on at that time and because of that maybe Rockstar made some alterations to the canon. It's possible.

That's all I can really tell you. All of the old admins from the 2011 days who probably had the GOTY guidebook at one point are gone now. With the exception of Raziel Reaper. I think he's the only one left but I know he doesn't know about the GOTY guidebook either because I had a brief conversation with him about it when RDR2 came out. He doesn't have it.

Your best bet, get your hands on the GOTY guidebook yourself or find a transcribed copy online. I imagine someone somewhere would have transcribed it and posted it to the internet.