Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-28601337-20170726211037/@comment-28601337-20170726232619

The Crimson Eagle wrote: A general indication is whether or not you see that little Wikipedia jigsaw globe on the upper right corner of an article. That will link to the article's Wikipedia counterpart. At least, that's on desktop. I have no idea if it exists on mobile -- it probably doesn't. If you search for the page using the wikia APP, it does show the icon. But if you use the web application using Chrome, Firefox or the Default Explorer of the smartphone, it doesn't show s#|t. You must see the page in the desktop version.

I asked this because 4 or 5 days ago I was reading the AC Reddit post and I found a well done historical reseach of BlackFlag. It separes reality from fiction and list all the real characters that existed, between them: Peter Chamberlain and John Cockram. I thought those never existed (because the wiki icon didnt show in their character pages) but this document here says otherwise. When I asked for sources, the author gave me this link. He didn't send the post because he shared that 3 years ago, so it'd be trouble. (I think the same haha).

The weakness of this method is that not every real character has a wikipedia page. Maybe we should search other sources aside wikipedia. to mark real characters and fictional ones.

I don't know. It would require more work, but it'd be a great service.

Sol Pacificus wrote: I think I mentioned this already when you asked me personally, but I personally always thought the presence (or lack of) Wikipedia icon and link at the upper-right corner suffices for this purpose. Yes, you did. But as I mention above, the lack of a Wikipedia Icon doesn't mean that the character never existed. It actually means that the character doesnt have a page there. So the question of his/her existence is still in the air. (At least for me).

This is just an observation.