#2: Aug 19th 2017 at 1:30:43 AM
Issued some suspensions since slow motion edit warring of a potentially false entry and rude edit reasons (respectively) are unacceptable.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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On Jeopardy!, user mbclev has been posting this entry intermittently:
This entry is patently false, as it misrepresents game theory (short version: the missed $800 happened early in the tournament and the loss happened very late on — this conjecture falsely assumes that literally everything else [clue selection, wagering, etc.] would've happened exactly the same had the mistake not been made, as if the entire game were set in stone — as if the contestants would've automatically wagered the exact same amount on Final Jeopardy! no matter what).
Mbclev has pushed this false conjecture for years and years on the forum jboard.tv and other game show related sites, and has been thoroughly mocked for it, but he stubbornly clings to it. I have seen it explained to him countless times over the years, and he just plain does not get it.
It's been a while since he tried to add this back into the article, so I don't think there's quite enough for a block on him yet. Still, I would like a few extra pairs of eyes on this article to revert and warn it if it happens again.