At risk of piling on, it is silly to cargo-cult dating articles. This is a case where the date truly is not relevant, and that should be recognized. That's a mi

At risk of piling on, it is silly to cargo-cult dating articles. This is a case where the date truly is not relevant, and that should be recognized. That's a minor point compared to the larger phenomenon which is the insistence on recency for our attention. Why? Probably because the long tail isn't profitable enough, but it is a shame every portal onto the 'net except archive.org and wikipedia.org insist on recency for relevance.