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"AFAICT, though, the Wikipedia model appears to accept "has been posted to Wikipedia by multiple contributors" as constituting verification.
Wikipedia's main weakness is that, at base, it's a pub conversation. It's a large pub conversation, and is open to contributions from passers-by who know their onions, but it's still basically a bunch of interested people who might -- or might not -- know much about something, having a chat."