--- Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.com wrote:
Do we have a WP: page discussing this issue? Wikipedia's policy is clear, but the question still comes up periodically, and it would be nice to be able to point people to a concise explanation. If there isn't one, I may try to pull something together.
Please do. For reference, there was the historical [[Wikipedia:Proposed policy for magic methods]].
[[King levitation]] is an article where people have fought to remove the explanation of the effect -- "Consider the magicians' livelihoods that you are harming by posting this unnecessary junk. It is unethical!" etc.
[[King levitation]] also completely lacks references. We might want to mention the need for reliable sources, which is an especially important issue when it comes to "secret" information of any kind. The issue of sourcing is related to the exposure question, because magicians have little right to be upset when Wikipedia is acting only as a tertiary source, pulling together information from sources already in the public domain.
-- Matt
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