[kenjackson]

Honestly, I'm not clear if you're arguing the validity of Gruber's claims or that you'd never heard of them.

I'm not saying that his audience is making any claim. I'm saying that his audience knows what claims Gruber is referring to. I do agree that sources rarely hurt, but in this case it doesn't seem crucial.

With that said, Gruber is the guy who did a crusade against Ina Fried because she only linked to a source and didn't spell out the author's full name. So given that, it's probably fair to stretch Gruber for his ommission of sources.