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by sadga 5108 days ago
That article is interesting, but extremely violates Wikipedia's editorial policy. The wording is inflammatory and opinionated, not encycopedic:

"The bottom line was “The “old-days” of locating the point of origin of a post-flashover fire by relying on the “lowest burn and deepest char” are OVER![12]

When word of the ATF experiments reached the fire investigation community, people began to examine the data more closely, because an error rate over 90% was simply unimaginable! In fact, the poor results should have surprised nobody. "

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It appears the page has already been tagged as "It is written like a personal reflection or essay rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject." in 2011, but so far nobody has decided to tidy it up.