The dispute seems to have gone down in relatively good humor, with the main article being cited 565 times, likely in jest by further researchers who needed to use the trapezoidal rule.

NHL rule changes for 2014-15: More trapezoid, no spin-o-rama, please stop diving The NHL announced nine rule changes for the 2014-15 season. By Travis Hughes @TravisSBN Sep 11, 2014, 4:34pm EDT ...

of the New Jersey Devils against the Buffalo Sabres at the Prudential Center on April 11, 2010 in Newark, New Jersey. Chris McGrath While casual fans probably don’t really bat an eye at the league’s ...

Graph showing how the area under a curve can be calculated using the trapezoid rule. Image credit: Mkwadee/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) ... It uses the trapezoid rule, ...