User blog:Dryuuu/Stop blindly believing everything you see!

Hello people, with all the hype for Series 5 it gets to the extent where we want to believe everything we read... even when it is backed with no source whatsoever. In other words, I can make a Twitter account (which I won't, because I know firsthand it can create disappointment and confusion) with some random English name, and make a Tweet saying I'm on set with Joseph Mawle. A few days later, if I put links to the account around the place, chances are (well not now) it'll be on a blog post in this Wiki, and on Tumblr and Livejournal somewhere, and probably even Cultfix. I'm speaking out now and warning you, just before people start believing the most unconvincing things...

DO NOT report something, don't even report it as a rumour, as it's not worth being a rumour, if:

1. It is not tweeted by an account from someone who only started using Twitter not long ago at all. (Like in the recent case a day ago) Chances are it's a troll who sees how easy it is to fool fans (we can change that!), and chose the right timing to pump the false info out.

2. Just check out the person's account. Someone who gets to meet Bradley James would surely have some sort of a good career path, and you'd expect they'd meet friends on the way, and in England, a lot more people have Twitter than places like Australia, which is where I am, so they'd have to have made a few friends with Twitter on the way.

3. Remember if it's too good to be true, it is!

4. Play it safe and don't report anything that's not from an official account that has in the past reported true information!

Seriously, if we keep reporting these word will get out that people on this Wiki are gullible. As Series 5 gets closer, false information could multiple, and I don't want the Wiki to be filled with fluctuating facts/rumours on the Series 5 page. This is especially bad for one-off visitors to the Wiki, who don't see the process of us eliminiating false information. They will take it for granted, and there'll be disappointment.

Common sense, pelase. Remember, PROOF, PROOF, PROOF.