Thread:Semerone/@comment-3522837-20180403175625/@comment-27493717-20180404104329

Hmm... Yesterday night, I asked a fellow admin from my wiki and we talked to each other.

Regarding the ANN article, we came to the same conlusion as you did. While it does have a lot of information about which cast members spoke which characters, it also features many spelling mistakes.

We also checked the information from the the Japanese Wikipedia article. It features content related to various characters and media from the Kishin Douji Zenki series, but they didn't seem to source it properly.

Owning all 2 DVDs with all 51 anime episodes, the OVA bonus episode, all 5 games and all 12 manga from the series, I can confirm that their information is legit, though and over at Kishin Douji Zenki Wikia, we explicitly state, that the information is often first hand from the original media. If its not, then its second hand and mainly from trusted sources or my friend AzureKnight2008, who also owns anime DVDs and the manga from the series and places her own, first hand research over at DeviantArt.

I agree, that Wikipedia isn't always legit though. The main issue with Wikipedia is, that even if you want to correct an error and have a first hand source, they won't let you and instead give you excuses like "It's too early to post that information, as it might spoil something" or "We will verify this" and then they won't post it.

This is another one of the reasons, why I prefer Wikia, because it doesn't make a mess out of edits, but actually lets you research and add facts instead of forcing you to live with a messed up aritcle and no way to fix it.

Still, there were a few things, that remained confusing me:

Why do you tell me, that ANN can have false or incomplete information and then over at the editing manual, you state, that announcements from it are good sources?

I think, that sources should always be double and triple checked, if they are OK. The only exception is, if there are no other sources, so, that there is no way to check them.

Also, I don't get, why people's own research or Wikipedia are not trusted? As long as admins like you and me keep the wikis in check and make sure, that our research is first hand or second hand with the original media or well documented details as its source and we can add screenshots or photographs to underline the facts, than there's no issue.

I also wondered, why we are using the misspelled names from the credits over here at Anime Voice-Over Wiki? Is it so people can reference the voice cast most easily? I mean, it's good I was able to add the proper names over at the trivia, but it still weirded me out a bit.

Sorry, for the large wall of text, but I just wanted sare my point of view with you, so you could understand me better and so that we could clear up some questions.

Also, thank you in advance for reading! ^^

I am looking forward to your reply! :)