On 3/1/07, Rob Smith nobs03@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/28/07, Slim Virgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
The aim was to get rid of the word "verifiability." This was causing confusion for new editors because they thought it meant they had to check that material was true, which is what "verify" usually means, rather than simply checking that it had been published elsewhere.
Sarah
Hmm. The Latin root of verify means "true"; amazing the policy read "verifiable, not true". Like in the English language, just what the hell did that ever mean, anyway?
I think the meaning of "verifiable" is "can be verified", i.e. "can be shown to be true by referring to a secondary source". For me, there was never a problem about what "verifiability" meant...but then, I can see the rationale for the change. There's still potential for confusion.
Johnleemk