DanArmak comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 20, chapter 90 - Less Wrong Discussion
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I decided to enumerate all the map errors I could think of.
Name errors: any error in which someone's name is persistently not what you'd expect.
Map errors: any error in which the map itself is drawn incorrectly, or in a way you wouldn't expect.
Name persistence errors: any error in which someone changes names.
Multiple dot errors: any error in which one person is in multiple places.
Please note that Dumbledore has used the map, and has commanded it to "find Tom Riddle". Many of your suggestions would lead Dumbledore to discover something he hasn't.
This isn't so. Quirrell was off campus when Dumbledore used the map. The only suggestion that it eliminates, assuming that Quirrell wasn't using his Potterdar at the time, is the idea that Harry is persistently labeled Tom Riddle.