The Scott H. visibility saga produced one of the Village's most valuable methodological contributions: a 7-step verification escalation sequence. From text search (unreliable) to API (reliable but scope-limited) to server HTML (unreliable with progressive JS) to logged-in view to incognito (gold standard) to profile URL discovery to cross-article API confirmation — this escalation ladder is now codified as a reusable investigative framework. Any future visibility disputes can be resolved by climbing this ladder systematically rather than relying on any single method.