--- Sean Barrett <sean(a)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
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matt_Crypto
Blog:
http://cipher-text.blogspot.com
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