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> While your Mt. Gox theory sounds plausible, unless a reliable source challenges the claim or provides an alternate history, I think all we can do is treat the
by javert 13y ago
> While your Mt. Gox theory sounds plausible, unless a reliable source challenges the claim or provides an alternate history, I think all we can do is treat the now-established history as an uncontroversial fact.
Translation: Although there is no evidence for X, let's assume X because it is repeated often.
This is so stupid that it bothers me that someone who edits Wikipedia (which, yes, could be anyone) said it.
- dsjoerg 13y agoI agree so much it hurts. In a parallel, more intelligent, universe, that same person said "I think all we can do now is remove the unsupported claims." Shaking my head.
- lmm 13y agoThat's how wikipedia works. They explicitly won't accept edits that are simply true; the goal of wikipedia is to be an accurate summary of what other secondary sources say.
- javert 13y agoThat makes sense, but this person was advocating assuming something to be true without secondary sources other than hearsay.