[WikiEN-l] History of "Verifiability, not truth"

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/10/2008 2:02:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
woonpton at fastmail.fm writes:

Wikipedia values verifiability even at the expense of accuracy  or
credibility.>>


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We don't.
We value, verifiability FROM reliable sources.
It's a teeter-totter (spelling?).
If you verify something from an unreliable source, that is not  Wikipoorific.
If you don't verify something even though it has a source, that is not  
Wikipoorific either.
 
These things are RESOLVED on the individual articles to which they  relate.  
Hypothetical situations don't really help resolve anything except  perhaps in 
your own mind.
 
Will Johnson



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