Talk:List of unvalidated deceased supercentenarians/@comment-258494-20160509141114

"Original Research" Issue and Sourcing

Greetings,

The definition of "unverified" is "not verified".

Technically speaking, this current article shouldn't exist...either cases are verified, pending, or unverified.

I realize that the reason some have created this page is that there is a lag time between when a case is researched and the case application shows up on the GRG Pending Cases List (and, in truth, in reality, virtually all "scientific material" has a lag between when the research is actually done, the writing up of the findings, the review of the material, and the publication of the material). Obviously, the real problem is not the "lag time" but "fans" who "can't wait".

Because the Gerontology Wiki strives to be an "encyclopedia", we really should NOT be engaging in original research here.

However, like illegal immigration, it may be impossible to entirely control.

Hence, I am going to suggest an unofficial compromise, for the time being: we can divide the "unverified" category into two sub-categories: unverified (under review) (which means likely future pending cases) and unverified (which means all unverified cases, including both those with current/future potential and those unlikely to be validated). For practical purposes, we require at least a claimed date of birth and a claim to age 110+ for all unverified claims.Ryoung122 (talk) 14:11, May 9, 2016 (UTC)