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 :::Well, when this article was created, WP:V started with the disclaimer ""Mind you, in writing it down, we may decide it's rubbish!"" and had ""However, don't be too keen to remove unverified information at the cost of completeness."" in the lede. There will be some intertia. Give it some time (and keep pushing - but pushing by example instead of by nagging is better).   "