Thread:Pluto2/@comment-258494-20160317193842/@comment-1272640-20160319002359

Ryoung122 wrote: Pluto2, the current GRG WOM titleholders list starts in 1973. So, whether Sylvester Melvin was a validated GRG case or not, his case predated the current official list. The reason the list starts in 1973 is that, before that year, there's not enough data and the list should be considered "under construction". In the future, as more research is done, the WOM list may retroactively be extended further back.

However, I feel that, for many "fans", they don't seem to "get" that the lists as they are already have enough caveats as it is, and we should be working on improving the current material, rather than trying to extend the material further back into the past. I note that several WOP titleholders still don't have articles yet on the Gerontology Wiki.Ryoung122 (talk) 20:11, March 18, 2016 (UTC) Maybe because, in retrospect, they weren't actually the WOP?

Elizabeth Watkins was probably second-oldest behind Ettie Crist (1862-1974), but she got apparently no news coverage. No photo, not even an obituary. How Guinness even found the case baffles me.

In retrospect, Eva Morris wasn't the WOP - Ella Miller was older and outlived her.

Let's see the cases that "dethrone" cases on Table C.

Robert Alexander Early - Marie Olsen James Monroe King - Elizabeth Kensley, William Fullingim, Hannah Smith Narcissa Rickman - John Mosely Turner, Johanna Booyson Ettie Crist - Elizabeth Watkins Alice Coles - Sophia DeMuth, Marie-Virginie Duhem Eliza Underwood - Fannie Thomas Judia Ward - Augustine Tessier Ella Miller - Eva Morris Mae Harrington - Maud Farris-Luse, Grace Clawson, Adelina Domingues

If, in retrospect, a case loses WOP status, interest is lost. Who here has even heard of Kiet Portier-Tan, for example?