::::Noone *has* to do anything here, it's all volonteer work to supply iformation for whoever who might be interested in the subject. This article has a several year long history where a consensus has been built on how to handle claims and verified information. Claims that are backed by a reliable source like a newspaper has been included before, other clims found in self published books and blogs hasn't been conidered important enough to be included. The name of the article is neither "list of surviving veterans from WW1 era wars" - but a long standing consensus has been built giving Mr Kowalski a place in the list. Mr Rash's claim may or may not be verified at some point, I don't know - but he deserves a place in the unverified list until then. He is included among the unverified supercentenarians in the List of living supercentenarians.