Talk:2018 Master Sommelier exam cheating scandal

A fact from 2018 Master Sommelier exam cheating scandal appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 April 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Court of Master Sommeliers expelled a board member and suspended the titles of 23 new members over a 2018 cheating scandal on the blind-tasting portion of its examination?

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Utility of information[edit]

It is unclear to me how useful to the examinees the information "PG, CndP" in Narito's email would be. These are the names of two broad categories. Would this really give candidates much of a leg up?Bill (talk) 00:20, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently that was seen by the Som community as more than sufficient for that, especially since candidates have to reasonably identify the selected wines from their own knowledge. Knowing that two of them fit categories that are somewhat narrower than, say, "Chardonnay", would be helpful. Daniel Case (talk) 02:18, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]