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Following the logics of requiring an official government-issued docs, is it required for any fact written in Wikipedia, or where they draw the line? In other w
by passerby1 4y ago
Following the logics of requiring an official government-issued docs, is it required for any fact written in Wikipedia, or where they draw the line?
In other words, how exactly is the "common knowledge" separated from the "controversal" one, which requires a proof to present to self-appointed guardians of the True?
- justsomehnguy 4y ago> where they draw the line? Where the king of the article hill would decide.
- teddyh 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:You_don%27t_need_to_cite_that_the_sky_is_blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:You_don%27t_need_to_...
- techdragon 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:You_do_need_to_cite_that_the_sky_is_blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:You_do_need_to_cite_...
- kens 4y agoThe official Wikipedia rule is that all material must be verifiable from a reliable source. There is a whole lot of policy and debate behind that rule; for a start see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources