Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-08-23/WikiProject report

Yay! Published at last. My thanks to everyone who contributed. And my welcome to all who read.Where is WikiResearch? (talk) 02:30, 20 August 2010 (UTC)


 * "First-hand experiences and sightings are really needed..." ?? Sasata (talk) 20:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Well why not. If you see Bigfoot and manage to take a really, really good picture of him, you can improve the article and get an FP nom in in a single burst :) Res Mar 21:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

The members of this WikiProject should be commended for their diligent work in an area which needs to be covered, but due to misunderstandings over the rules & policy of what Wikipedia, by definition, covers complicates their success. On the one side, you have people who are unnecessarily concerned that what they sincerely believe is fiction or fantasy is being treated as Truth ("Wikipedia documents not truth, but what can be verified as what people believe is the truth"); on the other, you have people who are unnecessarily encouraged that what they believe is true is being treated as Truth ("Wikipedia documents not truth, but what can be verified as what people believe is the truth"). God save us from people who forget Wikipedia is meant as a first step in research, not the last! -- llywrch (talk) 22:50, 24 August 2010 (UTC)