Talk:List of oldest living men in the United States/@comment-44851562-20200112234812/@comment-44247139-20200122013110

I think your theory regarding proving vs. disproving status is kinda wrong. The burden of proof falls on you, as someone who wants to make an addition. When proving something, it's on the person who is attempting to prove something. Ie, if I said "there's a thousand people watching you right now, and they're all invisible and untraceable", the burden would be on me to prove it. Asking for a disproval would grant validity to an argument that doesn't stand on its own. For someone like Shapiro to be added, there needs to be some sort of proof (which you've given). Assuming a report of death is always made is incorrect; plenty of people don't have online obituaries, seeming to go missing. I just wanted to stress that throwing out a name and saying "prove me wrong" isn't a scientific way of adding a person. Perhaps I'm wrong, but that's what I've learned. I do ask for your take on that :)