Talk:List of oldest living men in the United States/@comment-44851562-20200112234812/@comment-258494-20200122205826

Greetings,

As someone "new" here, one would think you would show some courtesy to learn a few things about the Gerontology Wiki. First off, Wikipedia is only very loosely associated with WIKIA. By definition, Wikipedia was designed with more stringent "notability" requirements, whereas WIKIA allows specialized WIKIA's focused on particular topic areas. In any case, Wikipedia has always had a policy that Wikipedia should NOT be a source unto itself, but a starting place where one can read up on the subject and find additional sources.

Second, any time it comes to something such as "last known to be alive", there has to be some level of 'grey area'. We cannot assume that everyone is alive or dead forever. Since the mortality rate at age 110 is about .5, it makes sense that the benefit of the doubt for a particular case extends to ONE YEAR. If someone listed as "living" on the Gerontology Wiki has not been confirmed alive within ONE year, the case may go to LIMBO (no confirmation of alive or dead).

Third, this talk area is in reference to this particular article. Please stay on-topic, not offf on a tangent.