Whatever flaws you think it has, Wikipedia is still universally regarded as a more reliable source than Martin Weidman.
Who said so? Was there research on this topic, or are you simply making it up?
I can't think of anyone who thinks that Martin Weidman is a more reliable source than Wikipedia. Other than Martin Weidman. Much of the research has been done one this topic, and a great deal already exists on this particular forum!
Kidding aside, researchers looked into the issue issue decades ago, and their findings circulated around the community Samizadat style. No one hears about it now, because they found that there was no discrepancy.
You are operating under the delusion that the difference would matter, or that the fulfillment staff would even notice.
Of course it matters. Only a fool would say that if you order a 36" rifle and they sent you a 40" rifle. you recieved what you've ordered.
We have an order code that in the February issue refers to a 36" long rifle and in the April issue refers to a 40" version of the same model rifle. At some point between the February issue and the April issue c20-t250 went from being 36" to 40". Even if we ignore any post-dating of the issues, that leaves March open as the month in which this change occurred. In short, there's no actual evidence of a discrepancy in the first place..
Bla bla bla.... The Hidell order was for a 36" rifle, as advertised in the February issue. The order should have been filled with a 36" rifle or cancelled it they had run out of stock.
And if the post-dating is taken into account, Oswald got exactly what he actually ordered, if not exactly quite what he might have expected
Just how idiotic can you be? If Oswald ordered anything at all, he ordered a 36" rifle. If he then receives a 40" than he didn't get exactly what he ordered, !
The length of the rifle doesn't appear at all on the order form, so your continued attempt to tie some measurement to it is ridiculous. Oswald put in the "C20-T750" order code, which was used for both the 36" and 40" rifle at different times. And he got a C20-T750 in return. It's as simple as that. Anything more is just wishful thinking on your part.
And now you want to try and change the subject to something else.
Utter BS... you just don't want to go there
There is no "there" to get to. Just the usual parade of your retroactively inventing some organization's policy requirement in order to claim a "discrepancy" that only exists as a figment of your own desires.