User:Macdonald-ross/S1

Relevant sections
 * wp:Neutral point of view
 * "Neutral point of view (NPOV) is a fundamental Wikimedia principle and a cornerstone of Wikipedia".


 * wp:Conflict of interest
 * A Wikipedia conflict of interest (COI) is an incompatibility between the aim of Wikipedia, which is to produce a neutral, reliably sourced encyclopedia, and the aims of an individual editor".
 * "Where advancing outside interests is more important to an editor than advancing the aims of Wikipedia, that editor stands in a conflict of interest".


 * wp:Verifiability
 * Questionable sources
 * "Questionable sources are those with a poor reputation for checking the facts, or with no editorial oversight. Such sources include websites and publications expressing views that are widely acknowledged as extremist, or promotional in nature, or which rely heavily on rumors and personal opinions".
 * "Academic and peer-reviewed publications are highly valued and usually the most reliable sources in areas where they are available, such as history, medicine, and science".


 * wp:Identifying reliable sources
 * "Secondary sources are second-hand accounts, at least one step removed from an event. They rely for their material on primary sources, often making analytic or evaluative claims about them. For example, a review article that analyzes research papers in a field is a secondary source for the research".
 * "Our policy: Wikipedia articles usually rely on material from secondary sources. Articles may include analytic or evaluative claims only if these have been published by a reliable secondary source".


 * wp:What Wikipedia is not
 * "Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion. Therefore, content hosted in Wikipedia is not for:
 * "Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political, religious, or otherwise".


 * Creation–evolution controversy
 * "Within the scientific community and academia the level of support for evolution is essentially universal, while support for biblically-literal accounts or other creationist alternatives is very small among scientists, and virtually nonexistent among those in the relevant fields".


 * wp:Template messages/Cleanup
 * Flags: Peacock; Unbalanced; POV-section; Disputed-section; Weasel; unreliable sources