[WikiEN-l] Times article (London)

[Jimmy Wales]

George Herbert wrote:
> On 8/16/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at 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