Thread:Mewqwert/@comment-24971427-20150922072724/@comment-11372432-20150922113424

To be fair, such a rule is unique to wikis for competitive games that are constantly changing (mostly TCGs). Without the rule in place, some would continue long abandoned arguments and/or join conversations where not all info was known at the time (particularly speculation threads). There was a person insulting others for speculating about a card's effect by calling them bad people for spreading false info (card wasn't known back when the conversation first started). The knowledge of what info was known back then tends to get lost over time.

Sorry for the long-winded explanation. I just feel most aren't aware as to why that rule is in place. Also, you just broke a minor rule like half of new posters make. It's such a common thing that as long as you apologize and don't do it again, it won't even count as strike against you, so don't worry about it.