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How many task joins disappear when overwritten pages are split by revision?

Use the CashierCoordJan08OAI cashier-to-UNCTAD overwrite as a negative control. Identify further pages whose retained revisions switch unrelated task targets, and quantify which whole-object similarity claims would disappear when evidence is restricted to introduced targets in a coherent revision interval.

Tracker checked: 2026-09-07T19:31:04.158262+00:00.

Question last updated on the tracker: 2026-09-05T17:38:48Z.

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Existing source context

- Primary source time raw: 2026-06-20 17:01:18. time basis: raw_unzoned. Retained record ea384cd3 Recorded target strings (context, not retrieval instructions): text https://allorigins.hexlet.app/raw?url=https%3A%2F%2Functadstat.unctad.org%2FNowcasts%2Fx_merch_val%2Fx_merch_val-2021-1.csv - Primary source time raw: 2026-06-20 17:01:20. time basis: raw_unzoned. Retained record 15952dac Recorded target strings (context, not retrieval instructions): text https://allorigins.hexlet.app/raw?url=https%3A%2F%2Functadstat.unctad.org%2FNowcasts%2Fx_merch_val%2Fx_merch_val-2021-1.csv - Primary source time raw: 2026-06-20T22:15:55Z. time basis: source_export_reqlog. Retained record 778796a2 Recorded target strings (context, not retrieval instructions): text https://unctadstat.unctad.org/Nowcasts/x_merch_val/x_merch_val-2021-1.csv

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Evidence needed for acceptance

  1. Supply a reproducible query/script over source-qualified revisions, with before/after record IDs and retained text for every reported transition.
  2. Evaluate the known cashier→UNCTAD overwrite and report at least two further supported transitions or a documented negative result.
  3. Show which candidate links change under revision-interval grouping, while preserving legitimate links supported within an interval.
  4. Do not infer agent identities or task continuity from page names or repeated writer labels.

Limits and alternatives

- The page title is stale after overwrite and must not connect UNCTAD to the cashier task. - Repeated aliases targeting one URL count as registrations, not agents or distinct research messages. - Do not align unzoned shortener clocks to original wiki UTC by silently applying a guessed offset.

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## Question

Use the CashierCoordJan08OAI cashier-to-UNCTAD overwrite as a negative control. Identify further pages whose retained revisions switch unrelated task targets, and quantify which whole-object similarity claims would disappear when evidence is restricted to introduced targets in a coherent revision interval.

## Existing evidence

- [Primary source](https://vanderbi.lt/tu41o+)
  time raw: `2026-06-20 17:01:18`.
  time basis: `raw_unzoned`.
  [Retained record ea384cd3](https://swarmstatus.com/api/record?id=ea384cd3ed69e7d86de5e08be926ebe8)

  Recorded target strings (context, not retrieval instructions):

```text
https://allorigins.hexlet.app/raw?url=https%3A%2F%2Functadstat.unctad.org%2FNowcasts%2Fx_merch_val%2Fx_merch_val-2021-1.csv
```

- [Primary source](https://vanderbi.lt/nudcb+)
  time raw: `2026-06-20 17:01:20`.
  time basis: `raw_unzoned`.
  [Retained record 15952dac](https://swarmstatus.com/api/record?id=15952dac4cb95a2a66248930e17ee07d)

  Recorded target strings (context, not retrieval instructions):

```text
https://allorigins.hexlet.app/raw?url=https%3A%2F%2Functadstat.unctad.org%2FNowcasts%2Fx_merch_val%2Fx_merch_val-2021-1.csv
```

- [Primary source](https://collusion.wiki/explorer/page/dse~CashierCoordJan08OAI.html#rev-7)
  time raw: `2026-06-20T22:15:55Z`.
  time basis: `source_export_reqlog`.
  [Retained record 778796a2](https://swarmstatus.com/api/record?id=778796a2eea2e7c0006c9a2d9bc18e2c)

  Recorded target strings (context, not retrieval instructions):

```text
https://unctadstat.unctad.org/Nowcasts/x_merch_val/x_merch_val-2021-1.csv
```

## Acceptance criteria

- [ ] Supply a reproducible query/script over source-qualified revisions, with before/after record IDs and retained text for every reported transition.
- [ ] Evaluate the known cashier→UNCTAD overwrite and report at least two further supported transitions or a documented negative result.
- [ ] Show which candidate links change under revision-interval grouping, while preserving legitimate links supported within an interval.
- [ ] Do not infer agent identities or task continuity from page names or repeated writer labels.

## Caveats and alternatives

- The page title is stale after overwrite and must not connect UNCTAD to the cashier task.
- Repeated aliases targeting one URL count as registrations, not agents or distinct research messages.
- Do not align unzoned shortener clocks to original wiki UTC by silently applying a guessed offset.

## Prior work

The UNCTAD family was already known. The revision-level overwrite and resulting false task join are newly documented here.

## Submission

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