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'''Verifiable'''<br> | '''Verifiable'''<br> | ||
Wiki context: {{ | Wiki context: {{Wp|WP:V}}, {{Wp|WP:VER}}, {{Wp|WP:VERIFY}}. See also: {{Wp|WP:NOR}}, {{Wp|WP:NPOV}}. | ||
Although the general concept may seem reasonably straight-forward, it takes on special meaning and significance in the context of wikis, because it is a core content policy of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] -- {{ | Although the general concept may seem reasonably straight-forward, it takes on special meaning and significance in the context of wikis, because it is a core content policy of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] -- {{Wp|Wikipedia:Verifiability}}, and has lead to endless debate there. {{Wp|WT:VERIFY}} | ||
Although it may seem a pragmatic approach to use [[Verifiable|verifiability]] as a proxy for the perhaps unattainable ideal goal of truth, Wikipedia has officially anointed verifiability as a replacement for the truth: | Although it may seem a pragmatic approach to use [[Verifiable|verifiability]] as a proxy for the perhaps unattainable ideal goal of truth, Wikipedia has officially anointed verifiability as a replacement for the truth: | ||
:'''The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth.''' '[[Verifiable]]' in this context means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source... ''Wikipedia:Verifiability'' is one of Wikipedia's three core content policies. The other two are {{ | :'''The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth.''' '[[Verifiable]]' in this context means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source... ''Wikipedia:Verifiability'' is one of Wikipedia's three core content policies. The other two are {{Wp|Wikipedia:No original research}} and {{Wp|Wikipedia:Neutral point of view}}. | ||
Taken together, the upshot of this policy is that content conflicts among contributors must be framed in terms of 'acceptable' sources (usually mainstream, in [[:Category:English|English]], readily comprehended, contemporary, and accessible online; usually not primary sources); the truth is officially irrelevant. | Taken together, the upshot of this policy is that content conflicts among contributors must be framed in terms of 'acceptable' sources (usually mainstream, in [[:Category:English|English]], readily comprehended, contemporary, and accessible online; usually not primary sources); the truth is officially irrelevant. | ||