A tiny, tiny caveat for folks using the Dresden wiki to always double check the source (what? when using a wiki? shocking, I know!) if you get a physical description of a character from there. I have honestly no idea if someone's trolled the various (secondary, mostly) characters too subtly for much lols or what, but they can describe pretty much the opposite of how the characters are in the books-- ex. Mac as "short, squat, and grey hair" instead of tall, gangly/medium-build-as-the-books-go-on, bald.
I never trust wiki's; I once knew a professor who went in to a wiki and completely altered the plot of one of the classic lit stories - I think it was "the Scarlet Letter" but I'm not sure - just to prove that there weren't any checks in the "wiki" system.
It was two weeks before someone noticed and fixed it. I sort of feel sorry for any high school kids who used the wiki during that time. But at the same time, shame on them for not doing their homework!
Ah, okay, I didn't know! I admit I mostly use wikis as a way of making sure I don't miss stuff, so I was using it to remind me of what I needed to check in the books, and I haven't run into any major inaccuracies with it yet, but I'm still new at this. :D
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(Anonymous) 2011-02-24 02:01 am (UTC)(link)It was two weeks before someone noticed and fixed it. I sort of feel sorry for any high school kids who used the wiki during that time. But at the same time, shame on them for not doing their homework!
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(Anonymous) 2011-02-24 02:04 am (UTC)(link)