Let's not forget that when Boone Speed climbed Ice Cream with the first 4 bolts preclipped, he didn't claim a redpoint, only a yo-yo. It was Steven Jeffrey (I think?) who got the first redpoint and so technically the first free ascent.
Ditto when Klem Loskot put up Vakuumgeist (9a) with the first 5 bolts of a 6-bolt route preclipped, he was criticized so heavily for it that he later removed those bolts, relocated them to better clipping stances, and reled the route clipping all the bolts (and renamed it Vakuumgeist 2000).