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Wouldn't Kane Tanaka be the undisputed oldest person?

The same researchers (Novoselov and Zak) who dispute Calment's age also dispute Sarah Knauss. Wouldn't that make Kane Tanaka the undisputed oldest person ever? There should be consistency here, if you are taking disputes by Novoselov and Zak seriously. Either mention both Calment and Knauss as disputed, or don't mention the dispute at all.

And they have the same credibility, virtually none. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 11:04, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest removing the sentence about Sarah Knauss being undisputed.2001:1AE9:24B:4600:8978:2216:ABEA:CC6E (talk) 13:58, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jamaican claims

This newspaper article speaks of two Jamaicans with super longevity claims (115 and 117) that are not listed in the wikipedia article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.143.93.72 (talk) 06:18, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article requires that people are reliably sourced. The article implies that this is not the case. DerbyCountyinNZ ^{(Talk Contribs)} 07:14, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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8th oldest living woman (Katerina Karnarou, Greece) died 28-Oct-2020 https://www.cnn.gr/ellada/story/240453/krestena-pethane-se-ilikia-115-eton-i-giraioteri-ellinida 178.147.12.212 (talk) 14:20, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]