George Herbert wrote:
On 8/16/07, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
"The notion that a false claim to knowledge is wrong is not part of Wikipedia's culture."
This is preposterous.
The claim is made from time to time by those (inside the project and out) who point to [[WP:RS]] and [[WP:V]] and claim that we don't care if something is true, only if we can find a reference for it.
That's very different from denying that a false claim to knowledge is wrong. Indeed, it is the opposite. It is saying that claims to knowledge have to be backed up.
It isn't that we don't care if something is true. It is that we need facts that can be confirmed, not opinion.
--Jimbo