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I joined WikiProject
Warriors in October/November of 2009. I'd read the series, and the Knowledge (XXG) articles for quite some time. One thing that I noticed was the poor writing in the articles; at the time, many of the very active members of the past had disappeared, and it was mostly anonymous IP
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I personally think that one of the greatest challenges for the project is the finding of reliable third-party sources. Although the series is rather popular, there aren't really that many reviews out there, especially for the later books in the series. Another point that's been brought up is the use
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Later than the above two, I didn't actually join until
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of Wands and Worlds Author Chats as a source; although Wands and Worlds is a forum, I personally believe that the author chats can be counted as reliable sources, since they are essentially interviews (albeit with random chatting interspered between the questions and answers).
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However, much of the time I find that Barnes and Nobles posts whole reviews while Amazon only publishes snippets which I never use. Even with this, the more recent books have little to no sources due to the fact that the series has gone on so long.
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We can always use fresh eyes. There are some things we just don't pick up, being so familiar with the books and our own writing. Of course, if anyone has great suggestions about where we can find sources, that would also be greatly
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I can only echo what they said about reliable sources. Particularly with reviews, because so many of them are subscription only. And also with the later books, they just aren't being reviewed that much.
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