an unusual back-and-forth edit cycle on Wikipedia is the page for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Tajiri - people periodically try to add a claim that the creator of Pokemon has autism, which gets reverted due to no source backing it up
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an unusual back-and-forth edit cycle on Wikipedia is the page for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Tajiri - people periodically try to add a claim that the creator of Pokemon has autism, which gets reverted due to no source backing it up
there's apparently even a "Did You Know Gaming?" video that points to Wikipedia mentioning it at some point (but also goes on to debunk the claim)
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In fact the claim is so pernicious that if you click "Edit" on the Early Life section, the first thing there is an invisible comment as follows
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@greg that's strange… DYKG actually made a video a couple years back where they investigated and debunked the claim. Even finding the original source of the myth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuvGD5tC69o&t=37
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@bogpunk Oh interesting! I must have misunderstood then - was basing it on this post on the talk page. Maybe it's just so prevalent that even DYKG saying "no, it's not true" is not enough to dissuade editors lol
