[eesmith]

I wanted to know what you were talking about in the first place.

Not whether this runestone find affects our understanding of history.

What does "the picture" mean? For just about every topic there are multiple pictures, depending on one's interest.

I think it's good science for geospatial information scientists to object to requests to check for a flat earth, and for medical scientists to object to using humoral theory in medical diagnostics, so I think your second sentence, when interpreted a blanket statement, is wrong.

Surely Mailhammer, or Vennemann, or you could perform and publish your own checks, so I also don't see how your comment is relevant - who is stopping them from checking?