On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 14 January 2011 12:01, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
'So Jimmy's claim that the first edit was "Hello world!" isn't to be taken literally?'
I don't see why not. It's far from unusual for a tech-savvy user to type that phrase into a document as a first test. I would be surprised if anyone expressed a good reason to doubt it.
Indeed. Jimmy says he did it. It's a very plausible claim. There is no evidence against it. Therefore, I suggest we assume Jimmy is being accurate.
Except that he doesn't say what it is he did, and that there is evidence against it.
I'd assume nothing in this case. It may have happened. It may not have happened. As you say, "it's not a critical piece of information so we don't need to try and verify the story". At the same time, we shouldn't be repeating it as though it is a verified fact.