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Aside from being very badly-written, this article is filled with information that seems to be totally unsubstantiated speculation and, in some cases, outright fabrication. The characters bios were taken verbatim (without attribution) from Sesame Workshop's website, but occasional incorrect statements have been added to them.

I can't find any resource that states Max and Emmy's surname is "Joblin", or that Enrique's is "Patrez". As far as I know, none of these characters' surnames has ever been given. Furthermore, "Patrez-Joblin" implies that Enrique is in some way related to Max and Emmy. He is not.
The character "monickers" (eg "The Other Dragon", "The Teachable Dragon") were fabricated. For example, Lorca has never been called "the Exploring Dragon"; that description doesn't even have anything to do with the character.
The speculation that the children live in California is inappropriate (as is all speculation). We do not know where they live. The fact that there are "palm trees and mountains" does not mean they live in California. Thus, the statement that Dragonland is "in a more temperate climate" is completely unfounded.
As WarthogDemon mentioned, Quetzel has never been said to be 80 years old. The only use of the phrase "80 years old" in reference to this series I can find is in the original script for an episode that states that another character, Captain Scalliwag, is 80 years old. (This is never stated in the series intself though.) I'm assuming someone took this and (erroneously) extrapolated that Quetzel is 80 as well, since they were friends when they were younger. This, again, is totally unfounded speculation. The statement that he has been in Dragon Land for centuries comes from his official bio; someone has added the ridiculous statement "although it is not known how this is possible, as he is only 80 years old" to it to cover the mistake.
Unlike Enrique (who is speficially stated to be bilingual), we do not know that Quetzel is bilingual. All we know is that he speaks Spanish and English. He may in fact speak other languages that we are not aware of.
I agree with a previous user who suggested that if Mungus the Giant is important enough to be included in the list of characters, other recurring characters like Sid Sycamore and Chilly the Snow Man should be included as well.
The list of places in Dragon Land includes places that are only mentioned one time (eg the "Scale Store") but leaves out places that are visited repeatedly (such as the Dandelion Forest and Rainbow Canyon). Saying that the Forest of Darkness resembles "Mirkwood, and other Dark Forests" is ludicrous.
The list of sponsors needs work. "And viewers like you" is not a legitimate sponsor. No company named "Fundworld" has ever been mentioned as a sponsor (at least not in the US). "Dextatrim Kids" does not exist and is obvious vandalism, so I have removed it. And I believe the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has, as with almost all other PBS series, been a sponsor for the entire time the series has aired. There was never a break. I'm pretty sure Chuck E. Cheese's was also a sponsor at one point, but it is not listed. And I don't recall a "Peterson Charitable Trust". I think this should be re-written as a paragraph listing companies who have been sponsors of the series at some point.
"In a made-up sitcom, the episode Goodbye Little Caterpoozle is parodied by using a dusty sock puppet to imitate the faint images. Sometimes, Quetzal and Enrique are mentioned too." I have no clue what this is supposed to mean, but it sounds like it's supposed to be a joke.
The opening paragraph attributes the creation of the series to one person; "Overview" credits it to someone else.
I'm listing these things here because it's entirely possible some of these them actually can be substantiated and I'm just not aware of them. However, if someone does not list sources for these things, they should be removed. It would be a good opportunity to re-write the article to improve its other flaws. Most importantly, the bios should be replaced with less-syrupy, non-POV ones.

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