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Had you checked the article after this encounter? I guess they eventually realized you were right and made the change, but I wonder when that happened. Other co
by colpabar 5y ago
Had you checked the article after this encounter? I guess they eventually realized you were right and made the change, but I wonder when that happened. Other comments here discuss how it's odd that they don't allow their site to be archived, and it's interesting to see a real example that illustrates why they may not want that.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoSilent edits seem like a huge red flag that your platform isn't trustworthy.
- LukeShu 5y agoSilent edits and excluding themselves from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine so that you can't look in to the silent edits.
- kstrauser 5y agoI have no idea when or why they changed it. Every few years I'd get a bee in my bonnet to check, and this is the first time I remember not seeing the incorrect fact being there.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoPerhaps others like yourself emailed them once in a while over the years, each getting ignored, but eventually they got that comment enough to check it with an actual authority on the matter, sheepishly realized they were the ones being idiots, and silently edited it without admitting their mistake.