Do you dismiss the General Theory of Relativity because [1915]?

edit: my apologies, I read this as a dismissal but it looks to be an HNism - carry on good sir!

It's not a dismissal. It's common on HN to point out the year if the submitter forgot to include it in the title, both for other readers and so a mod that sees the note can add it to the title.

No worries. They updated to choose the revised 2008 date instead, which is good enough. It's also interesting to note that it's easy to ascribe negative intent to entirely [helpful and] descriptive statements. I've done this before too. A Jerry Springer Learning moment, perhaps! This is quite a common ape attribute that it is worth practising not doing. Instead: 'if in doubt, assume good and helpful intent' makes for a useful rule of thumb.

Hear, hear - lesson learned!