Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/27 February 2012/Wikipedia:Verifiability/Group 4

This page is to be used by work group four in the Wikipedia:Verifiability MedCab case. It will be used to create the "all-new" draft, for presentation in a community-wide RfC. This draft will be a completely new draft, and will include whatever content the drafters deem appropriate. There will be complete freedom in this draft, as long as it suitably outlines or introduces the rest of the policy page.

Editors should:
 * Add their proposed wording to a new section.
 * Not sign their section with the standard four tildes.
 * Not comment on other sections. This will be done at the discussion page.
 * Not change the wording of drafts. They should add a new draft with the changed wording.

Draft 1
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 * Verifiability is a basic requirement for the material published in our encyclopedia. Verifiability means that the ideas don't originate at Wikipedia, but instead are traceable to published, reliable sources.
 * Verifiability is a basic requirement for the material published in our encyclopedia. Verifiability means that the ideas don't originate at Wikipedia, but instead are traceable to published, reliable sources.

An inline citation relates the Wikipedia material to the published, reliable source; see the section below, #Anything challenged or likely to be challenged.

Material that does not have a suitable citation may be removed using the procedure described below in #Burden of evidence. Please remove unsourced contentious material about living people immediately, see Biographies of living persons.

Core content policies
Verifiability (WP:V), No original research (WP:NOR), and Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV) are Wikipedia's core content policies. They work together to determine content, so editors should understand the key points of all three. Note that WP:DUE within WP:NPOV is used to determine the due weight to be assigned to any given source. Article content must also comply with the Copyright policy and the What Wikipedia is not policy (WP:NOT).

Perceived truth and personal experience
Perceived truth and personal experience are not substitutes for the verifiability requirement. No matter how convinced you are that something is true, do not add it to an article unless it is verifiable.

Draft 2
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 * Verifiability is a basic requirement for the material published in our encyclopedia. Verifiability means that material is traceable to published, reliable sources.
 * Verifiability is a basic requirement for the material published in our encyclopedia. Verifiability means that material is traceable to published, reliable sources.

Citations relate the Wikipedia material to the published, reliable source; see the section below, #Anything challenged or likely to be challenged.


 * [The following two sections are added after the lede.]

Three interrelated core content policies
"Verifiability" ("WP:V"), "No original research" ("WP:NOR"), and "Neutral point of view" ("WP:NPOV") are three interrelated core content policies. They work together to determine content, so editors should understand the key points of all three. Note that "WP:DUE" within "WP:NPOV" is used to determine the due weight to be assigned to any given source.

Perceived truth and personal experience
Perceived truth and personal experience are not substitutes for the verifiability requirement. No matter how convinced you are that something is true, do not add it to an article unless it is verifiable.


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 * Verifiability is a constraint for material published by the English Wikipedia. Verifiability means that material is traceable to published, reliable sources. Editors link material to published, reliable sources with citations.
 * Verifiability is a constraint for material published by the English Wikipedia. Verifiability means that material is traceable to published, reliable sources. Editors link material to published, reliable sources with citations.


 * [The following two sections are added after the lede.]

Three interrelated core content policies
Verifiability (WP:V), No original research (WP:NOR), and Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV) are three interrelated core content policies. They work together to determine content, so editors should understand the key points of all three.

What verifiability is not
Verifiable material may or may not be accurate or significant. Verifiable material may or may not be compliant with the What Wikipedia is not policy (WP:NOT), the Copyright violation policy (WP:COPYVIO), or the Biography of living persons policy (WP:BLP).

Perceived truth and personal experience are not substitutes for the verifiability constraint.

Draft 8
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 * Verifiability is one of the most essential requirements in Wikipedia. Information added to articles must be verifiable using only reliable sources that have been  published.
 * Verifiability is one of the most essential requirements in Wikipedia. Information added to articles must be verifiable using only reliable sources that have been  published.

An appropriate inline citation is evidence that information is verifiable. Inline citations are required for any information that has been challenged or is likely to be challenged, and for all quotations. Suitable inline citations should refer to published reliable sources that explicitly support the information being presented. For help on adding citations, see Citing sources.

Any material that requires an inline citation but does not have a suitable one may be removed. Unsourced contentious material about living people must be removed immediately.

Compliance with the Verifiability policy does not guarantee that material will be accepted. For example, it must also comply with other policies and guidelines, most notably No Original Research, Neutral Point of View, and Copyright.

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 * Verifiability is one of the most essential requirements in Wikipedia. Information added to articles must be verifiable using only reliable sources that have been  published.
 * Verifiability is one of the most essential requirements in Wikipedia. Information added to articles must be verifiable using only reliable sources that have been  published.

An appropriate inline citation is evidence that information is verifiable. Inline citations are required for any information that has been challenged or is likely to be challenged, and for all quotations. Suitable inline citations should refer to published reliable sources that explicitly support the information being presented. For help on adding citations, see Citing sources.

Any material that requires an inline citation but does not have a suitable one may be removed. Unsourced contentious material about living people must be removed immediately.

Compliance with the Verifiability policy does not guarantee that material will be accepted. For example, it must also comply with other policies and guidelines, most notably No Original Research, Neutral Point of View, and Copyright.

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 * Verifiability is one of the most essential requirements in Wikipedia. Information added to articles must be verifiable using only reliable sources that have been  published.
 * Verifiability is one of the most essential requirements in Wikipedia. Information added to articles must be verifiable using only reliable sources that have been  published.

An appropriate inline citation is evidence that information is verifiable. Inline citations are required for any information that has been challenged or is likely to be challenged, and for all quotations. Suitable inline citations should refer to published reliable sources that explicitly support the information being presented. For help on adding citations, see Citing sources.

Any material that requires an inline citation but does not have a suitable one may be removed. Unsourced contentious material about living people must be removed immediately.

Compliance with the Verifiability policy does not guarantee that material will be accepted. For example, it must also comply with other policies and guidelines, most notably No Original Research, Neutral Point of View, and Copyright.

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