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Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Watt_Initiative
- This overstates both countries' policies. Korea's 2005 program began as a voluntary scheme and only became mandatory in 2010, while Australia's own strategy targeted 2012 and the IEA says Australia moved to apply the 1-watt standard in late 2006, not by 2005.
- This mixes up two different California standards. The 2007 rule allowed up to 0.75 W no-load power for some external power supplies; the flat 0.5 W cap for any output took effect on July 1, 2008.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbon_economy
- The unit is wrong. Solar module prices are quoted in cents per watt of panel capacity, not cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:39 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society
- Zurich’s official target is now 2,000 watts by 2040, not 2050.
- This is outdated: the 2000-Watt-Areal label was replaced and is no longer being certified.
- The Smart Living Lab building did not start construction in 2022; the start was postponed.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Switzerland
- This understates the size of Zürich’s Jewish community in 1349. An official City of Zurich publication says the 1349 pogrom killed the majority of about 400 Jews in Zurich, while the ‘around 100’ figure refers to the later, second community after Jews resettled in 1354.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Switzerland
- Swiss official tourism-statistics planning began in 1851, not 1852.
- This is no longer correct: after a break in 2004, the Federal Statistical Office restarted tourism-accommodation statistics in 2005.
- Current official rankings show Zoo Zürich, not Zoo Basel, as Switzerland’s most-visited paid attraction.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turicum
- The Lindenhof kastell is dated earlier than Valentinian I’s reign. Official Zurich archaeology sources place its construction in the early or second quarter of the 4th century, not specifically in 364–375.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiltl_Restaurant
- Hiltl’s own history says the "Vegetarierheim" opened in 1898, not a year after 1898.
- Hiltl’s official locations page lists more than two later Zurich locations, so this "Two others" statement is outdated.
- Hiltl’s official saga says Ambrosius bought the building in 1907, but the family’s Zurich citizenship came in 1909, not 1907.
- Tibits’ official site says it now has 11 Swiss restaurants plus one in Darmstadt, Germany; London is not a current location.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zentralbibliothek_Z%C3%BCrich
- This item count is outdated. The Zentralbibliothek Zürich's own website now says it has over seven million media, including a page stating it has over 7.5 million items.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swiss_companies_by_revenue
- This insurer was no longer a standalone company in 2016. AXA acquired Winterthur in 2006, and the Swiss operation was renamed AXA Winterthur in 2007.
- By 2016, the company was no longer called Zurich Financial Services. Zurich officially changed its name to Zurich Insurance Group in 2012.
- Aargauische Kantonalbank’s seat and headquarters are in Aarau, not Laufenburg.
- Swiss International Air Lines’ legal headquarters are in Kloten, not Basel.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Zurich
- This list of UZH's seven academic units is incorrect. UZH officially lists its seven faculties as Theology and the Study of Religion, Law, Business, Economics and Informatics, Medicine, Vetsuisse, Arts and Social Sciences, and Science.
- The year is wrong. UZH says Einstein submitted his doctoral thesis in 1905, but the university conferred his doctorate in 1906.
- This is no longer true. UZH also offers the Bachelor in Sustainability (BASUS), and its official program page lists the teaching language as English.
- The date is wrong. UZH announced the new chair in gender medicine in January 2023, and its first professor of gender medicine took up the position in May 2024.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETH_Zurich
- This is outdated/incorrect. ETH says the planned Hönggerberg Centre for Students and Entrepreneurs project was stopped and relaunched, and the building is now expected to be ready in 2030, not 2024.
- Credit Suisse’s emergency takeover happened in 2023, not 2025. ETH does say the Alumni Association sponsored the teaching award for the first time in 2025, but the bank’s collapse/merger was already in 2023.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Weininger
- Paul Julius Möbius was a Leipzig neurologist and private lecturer, not a professor. A recent historical review of his career says he left university service as an assistant physician and later gave up his venia legendi as a private lecturer.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society
- The 2008 Zurich vote did not generally exclude nuclear energy. The official wording said the city would promote renewable energy and refrain from new contracts with nuclear power plants.
- This label is no longer being awarded. EnergySchweiz says the 2000-Watt-Areal label was replaced in autumn 2023 by Minergie-Areal and SNBS-Areal.
- EPFL reported that construction was only scheduled to begin in 2022 and was later postponed. So saying construction 'starts in 2022' is incorrect.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house
- This unit conversion is wrong. A limit of 15 kWh/m²/year converts to about 5.0 MJ/ft²/year, not 0.0047 MJ/ft²/year.
- This is outdated. The Passive House Institute identified Sendero Verde in New York City as the tallest Passive House-certified building in the world in May 2025.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:06 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_city
- Washington, D.C. does not list Tokyo as one of its official sister cities, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival is officially described as celebrating the 1912 gift of cherry trees and U.S.-Japan friendship, not a DC-Tokyo twin-city relationship.
- Ontario's own official sister-cities page also lists Jieyang, China, so this five-city list is incomplete and outdated.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_city
- The Texas sister-city bill was signed on June 20, 2025, not in August 2025.
- Osaka did not formally end the sister-city relationship in 2017; the formal termination happened in October 2018.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Garden,_Zurich
- This seasonal-access statement is outdated. The City of Zurich now says the Chinese Garden is open year-round: November–April daily 11:00–17:00 and May–October daily 11:00–19:00.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 09:54 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurich_massacre
- The year is wrong by about a decade: sources place Zurich’s final expulsion decision in 1633, and Samuel Eiron’s execution in 1634, not 1624.
Wikipedia May 13, 2026 at 09:49 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turicum
- Official Zürich archaeology describes Turicum as being connected to an important north–south route and several long-distance roads, not as off the main road network.
- The bath complex at Thermengasse did not run from the 2nd to the 4th century: the first bath was built around AD 70, and the complex may have closed in the later 3rd century.
- A current City of Zürich reconstruction gives different fort dimensions: about 5,000 m² with seven towers, not 4,500 m² and ten towers.
LessWrong May 12, 2026 at 09:10 PM
www.lesswrong.com/posts/3rxMBRCYEmHCNDLhu/the-pavlov-strateg...
- That is not how Tit-for-Tat behaves after a single mistaken defection. Standard Tit-for-Tat gets trapped in an alternating C/D, D/C retaliation loop, not a mutual-defection (D/D) equilibrium.