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class="external text" href="https://w.wiki/FVY">w.wiki/FVY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>, <b>verifiability</b> means that people are able to check that information comes from a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable source</a>. Its content is determined by previously published information rather than editors' beliefs, experiences, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">previously unpublished ideas or information</a>. Even if you are sure something is true, it must have been previously published in a reliable source before you can add it.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If reliable sources disagree with each other, then maintain a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> and present what the various sources say, giving each side its <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Undue_weight" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">due weight</a>. </p><p>All material in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mainspace" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Mainspace">Wikipedia mainspace</a>, including everything in articles, lists, and captions, must be verifiable. Additionally, four types of information must be accompanied by an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INCITE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INCITE">inline citation</a> to a reliable source that directly supports<sup id="cite_ref-directly_supports_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directly_supports-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the material: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Direct_quotation" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct quotation">direct quotations</a>,</li> <li>material whose verifiability has been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CHALLENGED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CHALLENGED">challenged</a>,</li> <li>material whose verifiability is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Likely_to_be_challenged" title="Wikipedia:Likely to be challenged">likely to be challenged</a>, and</li> <li>contentious material about <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Remove_contentious_material_that_is_unsourced_or_poorly_sourced" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">living and recently deceased persons</a>.</li></ul> <p>Any material that needs an inline citation but does not have one may be removed. Please immediately remove contentious material <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">about living people</a> (or existing groups) that is unsourced or poorly sourced. </p><p>For how to write citations, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citing sources</a>. Verifiability, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">no original research</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> are Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Core_content_policies" title="Wikipedia:Core content policies">core content policies</a>. They work together to determine content, so editors should understand the key points of all three. Articles must also comply with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">copyright policy</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Responsibility_for_providing_citations"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Responsibility for providing citations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Reliable_sources"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Reliable sources</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#What_counts_as_a_reliable_source"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">What counts as a reliable source</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Best_sources"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Best sources</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Newspaper_and_magazine_blogs"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Newspaper and magazine blogs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Reliable_sources_noticeboard_and_guideline"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Reliable sources noticeboard and guideline</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Sources that are usually not reliable</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Questionable_sources"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Questionable sources</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Self-published_sources"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Self-published sources</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Self-published_or_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Wikipedia and sources that mirror or use it</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Accessibility"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Accessibility</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Access_to_sources"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Access to sources</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Non-English_sources"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Non-English sources</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Citing"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Citing</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-16"><a href="#Quoting"><span class="tocnumber">4.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Quoting</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Other_issues"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Other issues</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Verifiability_does_not_guarantee_inclusion"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Tagging_a_sentence,_section,_or_article"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tagging a sentence, section, or article</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Exceptional_claims_require_exceptional_sourcing"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Exceptional claims require exceptional sourcing</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Verifiability_and_other_principles"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Verifiability and other principles</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Copyright_and_plagiarism"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Copyright and plagiarism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Neutrality"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Neutrality</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Notability"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Notability</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Original_research"><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">Original research</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Information_pages"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Information pages</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#Resources"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Resources</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Essays"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">Essays</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Responsibility_for_providing_citations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Responsibility_for_providing_citations"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Responsibility_for_providing_citations"></span>Responsibility for providing citations<span class="anchor" id="Burden"></span><span class="anchor" id="Burden_of_evidence"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Responsibility_for_providing_citations"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UNSOURCED"></span><span id="WP:BURDEN"></span><span id="WP:PROVEIT"></span><span id="WP:CHALLENGE"></span><span id="WP:FULLCITE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UNSOURCED&redirect=no">WP:UNSOURCED</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BURDEN&redirect=no">WP:BURDEN</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROVEIT&redirect=no">WP:PROVEIT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CHALLENGE&redirect=no">WP:CHALLENGE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FULLCITE&redirect=no">WP:FULLCITE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:PROVEIT" redirects here. For the editing tool, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ProveIt" title="Wikipedia:ProveIt">Wikipedia:ProveIt</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:CHALLENGE" redirects here. For challenging closes, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Closing_discussions#Challenging_a_closing" title="Wikipedia:Closing discussions">Wikipedia:Closing discussions § Challenging a closing</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy#Try_to_fix_problems" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Wikipedia:Editing policy § Try to fix problems</a></div> <p>All content must be verifiable. <b>The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material</b>, and it is satisfied by providing an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation">inline citation</a> to a reliable source that directly supports<sup id="cite_ref-directly_supports_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directly_supports-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the contribution.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Unsourced"></span>Using inline citations, provide reliable, published sources for all: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Direct_quotation" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct quotation">direct quotations</a>,</li> <li>material whose verifiability has been challenged</li> <li>material whose verifiability is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Likely_to_be_challenged" title="Wikipedia:Likely to be challenged">likely to be challenged</a>, and</li> <li>contentious material about <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Remove_contentious_material_that_is_unsourced_or_poorly_sourced" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">living and recently deceased persons</a>.</li></ul> <p>The cited source must clearly support the material as presented in the article. Cite the source clearly, ideally giving page number(s)—though sometimes a section, chapter, or other division may be appropriate instead; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Wikipedia:Citing sources</a> for details of how to do this. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Challenge"></span>Any material lacking an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports<sup id="cite_ref-directly_supports_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-directly_supports-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the material may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source. Whether or how quickly material should be removed for lacking an inline citation to a reliable source depends on the material and the overall state of the article. Consider adding a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a> tag as an interim step to removing to allow references to be added.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When tagging or removing material for lacking an inline citation, state your concern that it may not be possible to find a published reliable source, and the material therefore may not be verifiable.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If you think the material is verifiable, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRESERVE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRESERVE">you are encouraged to provide an inline citation yourself</a> before removing or tagging it. </p><p>Do <em>not</em> leave unsourced or poorly sourced material in an article if it might damage the reputation of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">living people</a> or existing groups, and do not move it to the talk page. You should also be aware of how <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons</a> also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Legal_persons_and_groups" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">applies to groups</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Reliable_sources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reliable_sources"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reliable_sources"></span><span id="WP:SOURCES"></span> Reliable sources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reliable_sources"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SOURCE"></span><span id="WP:SOURCES"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOURCE&redirect=no">WP:SOURCE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOURCES&redirect=no">WP:SOURCES</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:SOURCE" redirects here. For how to reference sources, see <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">Help:Referencing for beginners</a>. For the wikitext tag previously labeled <code><source></code>, see <a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext#syntaxhighlight" title="Help:Wikitext">Help:Wikitext § syntaxhighlight</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_counts_as_a_reliable_source" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_counts_as_a_reliable_source-Reliable_sources"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_counts_as_a_reliable_source-Reliable_sources"></span>What counts as a reliable source<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_counts_as_a_reliable_source-Reliable_sources"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources</a></div> <p>A <em>cited source on Wikipedia</em> is often a specific portion of text (such as a short article or a page in a book). But when editors discuss sources (for example, to debate their appropriateness or reliability) the word <em>source</em> has four related meanings: </p> <ul><li>The work itself (the article, book) and works like it ("An obituary can be a useful biographical source", "A recent source is better than an old one")</li> <li>The creator of the work (the writer, journalist: "What do we know about that source's reputation?") and people like them ("A medical researcher is a better source than a journalist for medical claims").</li> <li>The publication (for example, the newspaper, journal, magazine: "That source covers the arts.") and publications like them ("A newspaper is not a reliable source for medical claims").</li> <li>The publisher of the work (for example, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>: "That source publishes reference works.") and publishers like them ("An academic publisher is a good source of reference works").</li></ul> <p>All four can affect reliability. </p><p>Base articles on reliable, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">independent</a>, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Source material must be <b>published</b>, on Wikipedia meaning <i>made available to the public in some form</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Unpublished</b> material is not considered reliable. Use sources that directly support the material presented in an article and are appropriate to the claims made. The appropriateness of any source depends on the context. Be especially careful when sourcing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">content related to living people</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">medicine</a>. </p><p>If available, academic and <a href="/wiki/Peer-reviewed" class="mw-redirect" title="Peer-reviewed">peer-reviewed</a> publications are usually the most reliable sources on topics such as history, medicine, and science. </p><p>Editors may also use material from reliable non-academic sources, particularly if it appears in respected <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MAINSTREAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MAINSTREAM">mainstream</a> publications. Other reliable sources include: </p> <ul><li>University-level textbooks</li> <li>Books published by respected <a href="/wiki/Publishing_houses" class="mw-redirect" title="Publishing houses">publishing houses</a></li> <li>Mainstream (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FRINGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FRINGE">non-fringe</a>) magazines, including specialty ones</li> <li>Reputable newspapers</li></ul> <p>Editors may also use electronic media, subject to the same criteria (see details in <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Search_engine_test" title="Wikipedia:Search engine test">Wikipedia:Search engine test</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_sources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Best_sources-What_counts_as_a_reliable_source"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Best_sources-What_counts_as_a_reliable_source"></span>Best sources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Best_sources-What_counts_as_a_reliable_source"></span></h4></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BESTSOURCES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BESTSOURCES">best sources</a> have a professional structure for checking or analyzing facts, legal issues, evidence, and arguments. The greater the degree of scrutiny given to these issues, the more reliable the source. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspaper_and_magazine_blogs" data-mw-thread-id="h-Newspaper_and_magazine_blogs-Reliable_sources"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Newspaper_and_magazine_blogs-Reliable_sources"></span>Newspaper and magazine blogs<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Newspaper_and_magazine_blogs-Reliable_sources"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NEWSBLOG"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NEWSBLOG&redirect=no">WP:NEWSBLOG</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Some newspapers, magazines, and other news organizations host online <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRIMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRIMARY">pages, columns or rolling text</a> they call <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blogs</a>. These may be acceptable sources if the writers are professionals, but use them with caution because blogs may not be subject to the news organization's normal fact-checking process.<sup id="cite_ref-EXCEPTIONAL_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EXCEPTIONAL-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If a news organization publishes an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRIMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRIMARY">opinion piece</a> in a blog, attribute the statement to the writer, e.g. "Jane Smith wrote<span class="nowrap"> </span>..." Never use the blog comments that are left by the readers as sources. For personal or group blogs that are <em>not</em> reliable sources, see <a href="#Self-published_sources">§ Self-published sources</a> below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reliable_sources_noticeboard_and_guideline" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reliable_sources_noticeboard_and_guideline-Reliable_sources"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reliable_sources_noticeboard_and_guideline-Reliable_sources"></span>Reliable sources noticeboard and guideline<span id="Reliable_sources_noticeboard_and_WP:IRS_guideline"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reliable_sources_noticeboard_and_guideline-Reliable_sources"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard">Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard</a></div> <p>To discuss the reliability of a specific source for a particular statement, consult <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard">Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard</a>, which seeks to apply this policy to particular cases. For a guideline discussing the reliability of particular <em>types</em> of sources, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources</a>. In the case of inconsistency between this policy and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources</a> guideline, or any other guideline related to sourcing, this policy has priority. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable" data-mw-thread-id="h-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span>Sources that are usually not reliable<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:NOTRELIABLE" redirects here. For Wikipedia's own reliability, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Questionable_and_self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources § Questionable and self-published sources</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOTRELIABLE"></span><span id="WP:NONRS"></span><span id="WP:NOTRS"></span><span id="WP:QS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTRELIABLE&redirect=no">WP:NOTRELIABLE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NONRS&redirect=no">WP:NONRS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTRS&redirect=no">WP:NOTRS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:QS&redirect=no">WP:QS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Questionable_sources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Questionable_sources-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Questionable_sources-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span>Questionable sources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Questionable_sources-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span></h3></div> <p>Questionable sources are those that have a poor reputation for checking the facts, lack meaningful editorial oversight, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COISOURCE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COISOURCE">have an apparent conflict of interest</a>. </p><p>Such sources include websites and publications expressing views widely considered by other sources to be promotional, extremist, or relying heavily on unsubstantiated gossip, rumor, or personal opinion. Questionable sources should be used only as sources for material on <i>themselves</i>, such as in articles about themselves; see <a href="#Self-published_and_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves">below</a>. They are not suitable sources for contentious claims about others. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Predatory_open_access" class="mw-redirect" title="Predatory open access">Predatory open access</a> journals are considered questionable due to the absence of quality control in the peer-review process. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Self-published_sources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Self-published_sources-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Self-published_sources-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span><span id="Self-published_sources_(online_and_paper)"></span><span id="SELF"></span>Self-published sources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Self-published_sources-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SPS"></span><span id="WP:SELFPUB"></span><span id="WP:SELFPUBLISH"></span><span id="WP:BLOGS"></span><span id="WP:EXPERTSPS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPS&redirect=no">WP:SPS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SELFPUB&redirect=no">WP:SELFPUB</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SELFPUBLISH&redirect=no">WP:SELFPUBLISH</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BLOGS&redirect=no">WP:BLOGS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EXPERTSPS&redirect=no">WP:EXPERTSPS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Avoid_self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons § Avoid self-published sources</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_companies_engaged_in_the_self-publishing_business" title="Wikipedia:List of companies engaged in the self-publishing business">Wikipedia:List of companies engaged in the self-publishing business</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_self-published_works" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published works">Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published works</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:WORDPRESS" redirects here. For the use of Wordpress as a source, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RSPWORDPRESS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RSPWORDPRESS">WP:RSPWORDPRESS</a>.</div> <p>Anyone can create a <a href="/wiki/Personal_web_page" title="Personal web page">personal web page</a>, <a href="/wiki/Self-publishing" title="Self-publishing">self-publish</a> a book, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Expert_editors" title="Wikipedia:Expert editors">claim to be an expert</a>. That is why self-published material such as books, patents, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, personal or <a href="/wiki/Group_blog" class="mw-redirect" title="Group blog">group</a> blogs (as distinguished from <a href="#Newspaper_and_magazine_blogs">newsblogs</a>, above), <a href="/wiki/Content_farm" title="Content farm">content farms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Podcast" title="Podcast">podcasts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">Internet forum</a> postings, and <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> postings are largely not acceptable as sources. Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established <a href="/wiki/Subject-matter_expert" title="Subject-matter expert">subject-matter expert</a>, whose work <b>in the relevant field</b> has previously been published by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable</a>, independent publications.<sup id="cite_ref-EXCEPTIONAL_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EXCEPTIONAL-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Exercise caution when using such sources: if the information in question is suitable for inclusion, someone else will probably have published it in independent, reliable sources.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Never</b> use self-published sources as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IS">third-party sources</a> about living people, even if the author is an expert, well-known professional researcher, or writer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Self-published_or_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves" data-mw-thread-id="h-Self-published_or_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Self-published_or_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span>Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves <span id="Self-published_and_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Self-published_or_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:SOCIALMEDIA" redirects here. For the policy on what Wikipedia is not, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTSOCIALMEDIA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTSOCIALMEDIA">WP:NOTSOCIALMEDIA</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:TWITTER" redirects here. For the external links essay, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Twitter-EL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Twitter-EL">WP:Twitter-EL</a>. For a template used for citing tweets, see <a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_tweet" title="Template:Cite tweet">Template:Cite tweet</a>. For community evaluation of Twitter as a source, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#Twitter" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources § Twitter</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Statements_of_opinion" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources § Statements of opinion</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ABOUTSELF"></span><span id="WP:TWITTER"></span><span id="WP:SOCIALMEDIA"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ABOUTSELF&redirect=no">WP:ABOUTSELF</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TWITTER&redirect=no">WP:TWITTER</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOCIALMEDIA&redirect=no">WP:SOCIALMEDIA</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="box-Merge_from plainlinks ombox ombox-move" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Mergefrom.svg/50px-Mergefrom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="20" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="20"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 50px;height: 20px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Mergefrom.svg/50px-Mergefrom.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="50" data-height="20" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Mergefrom.svg/75px-Mergefrom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Mergefrom.svg/100px-Mergefrom.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">It has been suggested that <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Self-published_and_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources#Self-published and questionable sources as sources on themselves</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Using_the_subject_as_a_self-published_source" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Using the subject as a self-published source</a></i> be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging" title="Wikipedia:Merging">merged</a> into this section. (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability/Archive_80#Merge_WP:SELFSOURCE_to_WP:ABOUTSELF" title="Wikipedia talk:Verifiability/Archive 80">Discuss</a>)<small><i> Proposed since December 2023.</i></small></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Self-published and questionable sources may be used as sources of information <b>about themselves</b>, usually in articles about themselves or their activities, without the self-published source requirement that they are established experts in the field, so long as: </p> <ol><li>The material is neither unduly self-serving nor an <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Exceptional_claims_require_exceptional_sources">exceptional claim</a>;</li> <li>It does not involve claims about third parties;</li> <li>It does not involve claims about events not directly related to the source;</li> <li>There is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity; and</li> <li>The article is not based primarily on such sources.</li></ol> <p>This policy also applies to material made public by the source on social networking websites such as <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a>, <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span>Wikipedia and sources that mirror or use it<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it-Sources_that_are_usually_not_reliable"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CIRC"></span><span id="WP:CIRCULAR"></span><span id="WP:REFLOOP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CIRC&redirect=no">WP:CIRC</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CIRCULAR&redirect=no">WP:CIRCULAR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REFLOOP&redirect=no">WP:REFLOOP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:CIRCULAR" redirects here. For links on a page that redirect back to the same page, see <a href="/wiki/MOS:CIRCULAR" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:CIRCULAR">MOS:CIRCULAR</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COPYWITHIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COPYWITHIN">WP:COPYWITHIN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents" title="Wikipedia:List of citogenesis incidents">Wikipedia:List of citogenesis incidents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia">Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ABOUTSELF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ABOUTSELF">Wikipedia:ABOUTSELF</a></div> <p>Do not use articles from Wikipedia (whether English Wikipedia or Wikipedias in other languages) as sources, since Wikipedia is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UGC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UGC">user-generated source</a>. Also, do not use websites <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks" title="Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks">mirroring Wikipedia content</a> or publications relying on material from Wikipedia as sources. Content from a Wikipedia article is not considered reliable unless it is backed up by citing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">reliable sources</a>. Confirm that these sources support the content, then use them directly.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An exception is allowed when Wikipedia itself is being discussed in the article. These may cite an article, guideline, discussion, statistic, or other content from Wikipedia (or a sister project) to support a statement about Wikipedia. Wikipedia or the sister project is a <a href="/wiki/Primary_source" title="Primary source">primary source</a> in this case and may be used following the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRIMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRIMARY">policy for primary sources</a>. Any such use should avoid <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OR">original research</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UNDUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UNDUE">undue emphasis</a> on Wikipedia's role or views, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Self-references_to_avoid" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid">inappropriate self-reference</a>. The article text should clarify how the material is sourced from Wikipedia to inform the reader about the potential bias. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Accessibility" data-mw-thread-id="h-Accessibility"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Accessibility"></span>Accessibility<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Accessibility"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Access_to_sources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Access_to_sources-Accessibility"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Access_to_sources-Accessibility"></span>Access to sources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Access_to_sources-Accessibility"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PAYWALL"></span><span id="WP:SOURCEACCESS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PAYWALL&redirect=no">WP:PAYWALL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOURCEACCESS&redirect=no">WP:SOURCEACCESS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Offline_sources" title="Wikipedia:Offline sources">Wikipedia:Offline sources</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request">Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Cost" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Cost">Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Cost</a></div> <p>Do not reject reliable sources just because they are difficult or costly to access. Some reliable sources are not easily accessible. For example, an online source may require payment, and a print-only source may be available only through libraries. Rare historical sources may even be available only in special museum collections and archives. If you have trouble accessing a source, others may be able to do so on your behalf (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request">WikiProject Resource Exchange</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-English_sources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-English_sources-Accessibility"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-English_sources-Accessibility"></span>Non-English sources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-English_sources-Accessibility"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RSUE"></span><span id="WP:NOENG"></span><span id="WP:NONENG"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RSUE&redirect=no">WP:RSUE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOENG&redirect=no">WP:NOENG</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NONENG&redirect=no">WP:NONENG</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translators_available" title="Wikipedia:Translators available">Wikipedia:Translators available</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Translations_and_transcriptions" title="Wikipedia:No original research">Wikipedia:No original research § Translations and transcriptions</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Citing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Citing-Non-English_sources"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Citing-Non-English_sources"></span>Citing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Citing-Non-English_sources"></span></h4></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Non-English_sources_→_Citing"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RSUEC"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RSUEC&redirect=no">WP:RSUEC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Citations to non-English reliable sources are allowed on the <a href="/wiki/English_Wikipedia" title="English Wikipedia">English Wikipedia</a>. However, because this project is in English, English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones when they are available and of equal quality and relevance. As with sources in English, if a dispute arises involving a citation to a non-English source, editors may request a quotation of relevant portions of the original source be provided, either in text, in a footnote, or on the article talk page.<sup id="cite_ref-Courtesy_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Courtesy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (See <a href="/wiki/Template:Request_quotation" title="Template:Request quotation">Template:Request quotation</a>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Quoting" data-mw-thread-id="h-Quoting-Non-English_sources"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Quoting-Non-English_sources"></span>Quoting<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Quoting-Non-English_sources"></span></h4></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Non-English_sources_→_Quoting"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RSUEQ"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RSUEQ&redirect=no">WP:RSUEQ</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If you quote a non-English reliable source (whether in the main text or in a footnote), a translation into English should accompany the quote. Translations published by reliable sources are preferred over translations by Wikipedians, but translations by Wikipedians are preferred over machine translations. When using a machine translation of source material, editors should be reasonably certain that the translation is accurate and the source is appropriate. Editors should not rely upon machine translations of non-English sources in contentious articles or biographies of living people. If needed, ask <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translators_available" title="Wikipedia:Translators available">an editor who can translate it</a> for you. </p><p>The original text is usually included with the translated text in articles when translated by Wikipedians, and the translating editor is usually not cited. When quoting any material, whether in English or in some other language, be careful not to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">violate copyright</a>; see the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use#Text" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Fair use">fair-use guideline</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Other_issues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_issues"></span>Other issues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_issues"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verifiability_does_not_guarantee_inclusion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Verifiability_does_not_guarantee_inclusion-Other_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Verifiability_does_not_guarantee_inclusion-Other_issues"></span>Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Verifiability_does_not_guarantee_inclusion-Other_issues"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:VNOT"></span><span id="WP:CDNI"></span><span id="WP:ONUS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VNOT&redirect=no">WP:VNOT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CDNI&redirect=no">WP:CDNI</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ONUS&redirect=no">WP:ONUS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:ONUS" redirects here. For the responsibility to demonstrate verifiability, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BURDEN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BURDEN">WP:BURDEN</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Encyclopedic_content" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not § Encyclopedic content</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UNDUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UNDUE">WP:UNDUE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PAGEDECIDE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PAGEDECIDE">WP:PAGEDECIDE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRESERVE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRESERVE">WP:PRESERVE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SUMMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SUMMARY">WP:SUMMARY</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IINFO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IINFO">WP:IINFO</a></div> <p>While information must be verifiable for inclusion in an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARTICLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARTICLE">article</a>, not all verifiable information must be included. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a> may determine that certain information does not improve an article, and other policies may indicate that the material is inappropriate. Such information should be omitted or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRESERVE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRESERVE">presented instead in a different article</a>. The responsibility for achieving consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tagging_a_sentence,_section,_or_article" data-mw-thread-id="h-Tagging_a_sentence,_section,_or_article-Other_issues"><span id="Tagging_a_sentence.2C_section.2C_or_article"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Tagging_a_sentence,_section,_or_article-Other_issues"></span>Tagging a sentence, section, or article<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Tagging_a_sentence,_section,_or_article-Other_issues"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">Wikipedia:Citation needed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Sources_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles">Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:FAIL"></span><span id="WP:FAILV"></span><span id="WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAIL&redirect=no">WP:FAIL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAILV&redirect=no">WP:FAILV</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAILEDVERIFICATION&redirect=no">WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If you want to request an inline citation for an unsourced statement, you can tag a sentence with the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_needed" title="Template:Citation needed">citation needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template by writing <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cn" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Cn">cn</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Fact" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Fact">fact</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. Other templates exist for tagging sections or entire articles <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Verifiability_and_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup">here</a>. You can also leave a note on the <a href="/wiki/Help:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Talk page">talk page</a> asking for a source, or move the material to the talk page and ask for a source there. To request verification that a reference supports the text, tag it with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Verification_needed" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Verification needed">verification needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. Material that fails verification may be tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Failed_verification" title="Template:Failed verification">failed verification</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or removed. It helps other editors to explain your rationale for using templates to tag material in the template, edit summary, or on the talk page. </p><p>Take special care with contentious <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">material about living and recently deceased people</a>. Unsourced or poorly sourced material that is contentious, especially text that is negative, derogatory, or potentially damaging, should be removed immediately rather than tagged or moved to the talk page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exceptional_claims_require_exceptional_sourcing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Exceptional_claims_require_exceptional_sourcing-Other_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Exceptional_claims_require_exceptional_sourcing-Other_issues"></span>Exceptional claims require exceptional sourcing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Exceptional_claims_require_exceptional_sourcing-Other_issues"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Exceptional_claims_require_exceptional_sources"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REDFLAG"></span><span id="WP:EXCEPTIONAL"></span><span id="WP:EXTRAORDINARY"></span><span id="WP:ECREE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDFLAG&redirect=no">WP:REDFLAG</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EXCEPTIONAL&redirect=no">WP:EXCEPTIONAL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EXTRAORDINARY&redirect=no">WP:EXTRAORDINARY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ECREE&redirect=no">WP:ECREE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Wikipedia:Fringe theories</a></div> <p>Any exceptional claim requires <em>multiple</em> high-quality sources.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Red_flag_(idiom)" title="Red flag (idiom)">Warnings (red flags)</a> that should prompt extra caution include: </p> <ul><li>Surprising or apparently important claims not covered by multiple mainstream sources;</li> <li>Challenged claims that are supported purely by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Primary">primary</a> or self-published sources or those with an apparent conflict of interest;</li> <li>Reports of a statement by someone that seems out of character or against an interest they had previously defended;</li> <li>Claims contradicted by the prevailing view within the relevant community or that would significantly alter mainstream assumptions—especially in science, medicine, history, politics, and biographies of living and recently dead people. This is especially true when proponents say there is a <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy</a> to silence them.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Verifiability_and_other_principles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Verifiability_and_other_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span>Verifiability and other principles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Copyright_and_plagiarism" data-mw-thread-id="h-Copyright_and_plagiarism-Verifiability_and_other_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Copyright_and_plagiarism-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span>Copyright and plagiarism<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Copyright_and_plagiarism-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Copyright">Wikipedia:Copyright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Wikipedia:Plagiarism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia">Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOS#Attribution" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MOS">Wikipedia:MOS § Attribution</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CITE#In-text_attribution" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CITE">Wikipedia:CITE § In-text attribution</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OWNWORDS"></span><span id="WP:YTCOPYRIGHT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OWNWORDS&redirect=no">WP:OWNWORDS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:YTCOPYRIGHT&redirect=no">WP:YTCOPYRIGHT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Do not plagiarize or breach copyright when using sources. Summarize source material in your own words as much as possible; when quoting or closely paraphrasing a source, use an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INCITE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INCITE">inline citation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INTEXT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INTEXT">in-text attribution</a> where appropriate. </p><p>Do not link to any source that violates the copyrights of others per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Linking_to_copyrighted_works" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">contributors' rights and obligations</a>. You can link to websites that display copyrighted works as long as the website has licensed the work or uses the work in a way compliant with fair use. Knowingly directing others to material that violates copyright may be considered <a href="/wiki/Contributory_copyright_infringement" title="Contributory copyright infringement">contributory copyright infringement</a>. If there is reason to think a source violates copyright, do not cite it. <i>This is particularly relevant when linking to sites such as <a href="/wiki/Scribd" title="Scribd">Scribd</a> or <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, where due care should be taken to avoid linking to material violating copyright.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neutrality" data-mw-thread-id="h-Neutrality-Verifiability_and_other_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Neutrality-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span>Neutrality<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Neutrality-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Wikipedia:Neutral point of view</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SOURCESDISAGREE"></span><span id="WP:SOURCESDIFFER"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOURCESDISAGREE&redirect=no">WP:SOURCESDISAGREE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SOURCESDIFFER&redirect=no">WP:SOURCESDIFFER</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Even when information is cited to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">reliable sources</a>, you must present it with a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">neutral point of view</a> (NPOV). Articles should be based on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BESTSOURCES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BESTSOURCES">thorough research of sources</a>. All articles must adhere to NPOV, fairly representing all majority and significant-minority viewpoints published by reliable sources, in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UNDUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UNDUE">rough proportion</a> to the prominence of each view. Tiny-minority views need not be included, except in articles devoted to them. If there is a disagreement between sources, use <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INTEXT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INTEXT">in-text attribution</a>: "John Smith argues X, while Paul Jones maintains Y," followed by an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INCITE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INCITE">inline citation</a>. Sources themselves do not need to maintain a neutral point of view. Indeed, many reliable sources are <i>not</i> neutral. Our job as editors is simply to summarize what reliable sources say. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notability" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notability-Verifiability_and_other_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notability-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span>Notability<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notability-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Wikipedia:Notability</a></div> <p>If no <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">independent</a> sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it (i.e., the topic is not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">notable</a>). However, notability is based on the <i>existence</i> of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NEXIST" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NEXIST">WP:NEXIST</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_research" data-mw-thread-id="h-Original_research-Verifiability_and_other_principles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Original_research-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span>Original research<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Original_research-Verifiability_and_other_principles"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">Wikipedia:No original research</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOR">no original research</a> policy (NOR) is closely related to the Verifiability policy. Among its requirements are: </p> <ol><li>All material in Wikipedia articles must be <i>attributable</i> to a reliable published source. This means a reliable published source must exist for it, whether or not it is cited in the article.</li> <li>Sources must support the material clearly and directly: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SYN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SYN">drawing inferences from multiple sources to advance a novel position</a> is prohibited by the NOR policy.<sup id="cite_ref-Courtesy_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Courtesy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Base articles largely on reliable <a href="/wiki/Secondary_source" title="Secondary source">secondary sources</a>. While <a href="/wiki/Primary_source" title="Primary source">primary sources</a> are appropriate in some cases, relying on them can be problematic. For more information, see the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources</a> section of the NOR policy, and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP#Misuse_of_primary_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">Misuse of primary sources</a> section of the BLP policy.</li></ol> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guidelines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Guidelines-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Guidelines-See_also"></span>Guidelines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Guidelines-See_also"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Identifying reliable sources (medicine)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Information_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Information_pages-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Information_pages-See_also"></span>Information pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Information_pages-See_also"></span></h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a reliable source">Wikipedia is not a reliable source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:How_to_mine_a_source" title="Help:How to mine a source">How to mine a source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">Independent sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources">Identifying and using primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_self-published_works" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using self-published works">Identifying and using self-published works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Video_links" title="Wikipedia:Video links">Video links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_cite" title="Wikipedia:When to cite">When to cite</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Resources-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Resources-See_also"></span>Resources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Resources-See_also"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Backlog#Lacking_references" title="Wikipedia:Backlog">Backlog</a> – links to articles that need citations added</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Sources_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles">Template index/Sources of articles</a> – maintenance templates for articles with sourcing problems</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">The Wikipedia Library</a> – free access to newspapers, journals, and magazines for experienced editors</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange">WikiProject Resource Exchange</a> – where you can ask for help with checking an individual source</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Essays" data-mw-thread-id="h-Essays-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Essays-See_also"></span>Essays<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Essays-See_also"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_overkill" title="Wikipedia:Citation overkill">Citation overkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using tertiary sources">Identifying and using tertiary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability,_not_truth" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth">Verifiability, not truth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:You_are_not_a_reliable_source" title="Wikipedia:You are not a reliable source">You are not a reliable source</a></li></ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This principle was previously expressed on this policy page as "the threshold for inclusion is <b>verifiability, not truth</b>". See the essay, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability,_not_truth" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth">Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-directly_supports-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-directly_supports_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-directly_supports_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-directly_supports_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">A source "directly supports" a given piece of material if the information is present <em>explicitly</em> in the source, so that using this source to support the material is not a violation of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">Wikipedia:No original research</a>. The location of any citation—including whether one is present in the article at all—is unrelated to whether a source directly supports the material. For questions about where and how to place citations, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Wikipedia:Citing sources</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#Citations" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section § Citations</a>, etc.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Once an editor has provided any source they believe, in good faith, to be sufficient, then any editor who later removes the material must articulate specific problems that would justify its exclusion from Wikipedia (e.g. why the source is unreliable; the source does not support the claim; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DUE">undue emphasis</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOT">unencyclopedic content</a>; etc.). If necessary, all editors are then expected to help achieve <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>, and any problems with the text or sourcing should be fixed before the material is added back.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">It may be that the article contains so few citations it is impractical to add specific citation needed tags. Consider then <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TAG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TAG">tagging</a> a section with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unreferenced_section" title="Template:Unreferenced section">unreferenced section</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, or the article with the applicable of either <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unreferenced" title="Template:Unreferenced">unreferenced</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:More_citations_needed" title="Template:More citations needed">more citations needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. For a disputed category, you may use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unreferenced_category" title="Template:Unreferenced category">unreferenced category</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. For a disambiguation page, consider asking for a citation on the talk page.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">When tagging or removing such material, please keep in mind such edits can easily be misunderstood. Some editors object to others making chronic, frequent, and large-scale deletions of unsourced information, especially if unaccompanied by other efforts to improve the material. Do not concentrate only on material of a particular point of view, as that may appear to be a contravention of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Wikipedia:Neutral point of view</a>. Also, check to see whether the material is sourced to a citation elsewhere on the page. For all these reasons, it is advisable to clearly communicate that you have a considered reason to believe the material in question cannot be verified.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This includes material such as documents in publicly accessible archives as well as inscriptions in plain sight, e.g. tombstones.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EXCEPTIONAL-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EXCEPTIONAL_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EXCEPTIONAL_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Note that any exceptional claim would require <a href="#Exceptional_claims_require_exceptional_sources">exceptional sources</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Courtesy-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Courtesy_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Courtesy_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">When there is a dispute as to whether a piece of text is fully supported by a given source, direct quotes and other relevant details from the source should be provided to other editors as a courtesy. Do not violate the source's copyright when doing so.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References" data-mw-thread-id="h-References"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-References"></span>References<span data-mw-comment-end="h-References"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Self-published material is characterized by the <i>lack of independent reviewers</i> (those without a conflict of interest) validating the reliability of the content. Further examples of self-published sources include press releases, the material contained within company websites, advertising campaigns, material published in media by the owner(s)/publisher(s) of the media group, self-released music albums, and electoral <a href="/wiki/Manifesto" title="Manifesto">manifestos</a>: <ul><li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160510203400/https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html">University of California, Berkeley, library</a> states: "Most pages found in general search engines for the web are self-published or published by businesses small and large with motives to get you to buy something or believe a point of view. Even within university and library web sites, there can be many pages that the institution does not try to oversee."</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111005165358/http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/other/">Princeton University</a> offers this understanding in its publication, <i>Academic Integrity at Princeton (2011)</i>: "Unlike most books and journal articles, which undergo strict editorial review before publication, much of the information on the Web is self-published. To be sure, there are many websites in which you can have confidence: mainstream newspapers, refereed electronic journals, and university, library, and government collections of data. But for vast amounts of Web-based information, no impartial reviewers have evaluated the accuracy or fairness of such material before it's made instantly available across the globe."</li> <li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060907142339/http://library.stkate.edu/pdf/citeChicago.pdf">"College of St. Catherine Libraries Guide to Chicago Manual of Style"</a> (DEKloiber, December 1, 2003) states, "Any site that does not have a specific publisher or sponsoring body should be treated as unpublished or self-published work."</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRekdal2014" class="citation journal cs1">Rekdal, Ole Bjørn (1 August 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4232290">"Academic urban legends"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Social_Studies_of_Science" title="Social Studies of Science">Social Studies of Science</a></i>. <b>44</b> (4): 638–654. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0306312714535679">10.1177/0306312714535679</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0306-3127">0306-3127</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4232290">4232290</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25272616">25272616</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Social+Studies+of+Science&rft.atitle=Academic+urban+legends&rft.volume=44&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=638-654&rft.date=2014-08-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC4232290%23id-name%3DPMC&rft.issn=0306-3127&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F25272616&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F0306312714535679&rft.aulast=Rekdal&rft.aufirst=Ole+Bj%C3%B8rn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC4232290&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3AVerifiability" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Extraordinary_claims_require_extraordinary_evidence" title="Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence">Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Further_reading" data-mw-thread-id="h-Further_reading"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Further_reading"></span>Further reading<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Further_reading"></span></h2></div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <ul><li>Wales, Jimmy. <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2006-July/050773.html">"Insist on sources"</a>, WikiEN-l, July 19, 2006: "I really want to encourage a much stronger culture which says: it is better to have no information, than to have information like this, with no sources."—referring to a rather unlikely statement about the founders of Google throwing pies 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Exchange/Resource Request">Resource Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">Reference Desk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Book_sources" title="Wikipedia:Book sources">Book Sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Free_English_newspaper_sources" title="Wikipedia:Free English newspaper sources">Free newspaper sources</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Citation_tools" title="Help:Citation tools">Citation tools</a><br>(External links)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://citer.toolforge.org/">Citer</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sumsearch.org/cite/">Biomedical cite</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/citations/">Citation bot</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/makeref/">MakeRef</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://refill.toolforge.org/ng/">Refill</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/">WayBack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Project content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="protocols related to administration">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="G" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> <abbr title="official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal; background: #e6e6e6;color:inherit;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policy:Universal Code of Conduct">Universal Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policies" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Friendly space policy">Friendly space policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy">Licensing and copyright</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;;font-weight: normal;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of all policies and guidelines</a></b> <ul><li><b><span style="color:#118811;"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></b></li> <li><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Summaries of values and principles</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </section></div> <noscript><img 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data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:বিশ্বাসযোগ্যতা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:বিশ্বাসযোগ্যতা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verificabilid%C3%A1" title="Wikipedia:Verificabilidá – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Wikipedia:Verificabilidá" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Yoxlan%C4%B1la_bilm%C9%99" title="Vikipediya:Yoxlanıla bilmə – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Yoxlanıla bilmə" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%92%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="ویکی‌پدیا:یوْخلانیلابیلرلیک – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:یوْخلانیلابیلرلیک" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:যাচাইযোগ্যতা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:যাচাইযোগ্যতা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Вікіпедыя:Правяральнасць – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедыя:Правяральнасць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D1%86%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Вікіпэдыя:Магчымасьць праверкі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя:Магчымасьць праверкі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97" title="विकिपीडिया:सत्यापन जोग – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:सत्यापन जोग" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%92%D1%8A%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Уикипедия:Възможност за проверка – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Възможност за проверка" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Provjerljivost" title="Wikipedia:Provjerljivost – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Provjerljivost" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Verificabilitat" title="Viquipèdia:Verificabilitat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Verificabilitat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8:%D0%A2%C4%95%D1%80%C4%95%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%C4%95%D1%85" title="Википеди:Тĕрĕслемеллĕх – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Википеди:Тĕрĕслемеллĕх" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Ov%C4%9B%C5%99itelnost" title="Wikipedie:Ověřitelnost – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Ověřitelnost" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicipedia:Gwiriadrwydd" title="Wicipedia:Gwiriadrwydd – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wicipedia:Gwiriadrwydd" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verificerbarhed" title="Wikipedia:Verificerbarhed – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikipedia:Verificerbarhed" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="ويكيپيديا:لمراجعية – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ويكيپيديا:لمراجعية" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Belege" title="Wikipedia:Belege – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Belege" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Usaldusv%C3%A4%C3%A4rsuse_tagamine" title="Vikipeedia:Usaldusväärsuse tagamine – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Usaldusväärsuse tagamine" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Επαληθευσιμότητα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Επαληθευσιμότητα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verificabilidad" title="Wikipedia:Verificabilidad – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Verificabilidad" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Kontrolebleco" title="Vikipedio:Kontrolebleco – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Kontrolebleco" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Egiaztagarritasuna" title="Wikipedia:Egiaztagarritasuna – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Wikipedia:Egiaztagarritasuna" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%A3%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%BE%D8%B0%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:تأییدپذیری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:تأییدپذیری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:V%C3%A9rifiabilit%C3%A9" title="Wikipédia:Vérifiabilité – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Vérifiabilité" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedy:Ferifiearberens" title="Wikipedy:Ferifiearberens – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Wikipedy:Ferifiearberens" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verificabilidade" title="Wikipedia:Verificabilidade – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Verificabilidade" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%D9%82%D8%A8%DB%8A%D9%84_%DA%AF%DB%8A%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A4%D9%86" title="Wikipedia:قبۊل گۊدني بؤن – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="Wikipedia:قبۊل گۊدني بؤن" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%BE:%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%A3%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BE" title="વિકિપીડિયા:ચકાસણીયોગ્યતા – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિકિપીડિયા:ચકાસણીયોગ્યતા" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%ED%99%95%EC%9D%B8_%EA%B0%80%EB%8A%A5" title="위키백과:확인 가능 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:확인 가능" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ingancin_tushen_bayani" title="Wikipedia:Ingancin tushen bayani – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Wikipedia:Ingancin tushen bayani" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D5%8D%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Ստուգելիություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Ստուգելիություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE" title="विकिपीडिया:सत्यापनीयता – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:सत्यापनीयता" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Provjerljivost" title="Wikipedija:Provjerljivost – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Provjerljivost" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pannakapatalged" title="Wikipedia:Pannakapatalged – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Wikipedia:Pannakapatalged" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pemastian" title="Wikipedia:Pemastian – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Pemastian" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verificabilitate" title="Wikipedia:Verificabilitate – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Wikipedia:Verificabilitate" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sannreynanleikareglan" title="Wikipedia:Sannreynanleikareglan – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wikipedia:Sannreynanleikareglan" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verificabilit%C3%A0" title="Wikipedia:Verificabilità – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Verificabilità" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%86" title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಪರಿಶೀಲನಾರ್ಹತೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಪರಿಶೀಲನಾರ್ಹತೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AC%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ვიკიპედია:გადამოწმებადობა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვიკიპედია:გადამოწმებადობა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:_%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="ویکیپیڈیا: تصدیٖقیت – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="ویکیپیڈیا: تصدیٖقیت" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%96" title="Уикипедия:Тексерілмелдігі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Тексерілмелдігі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedya:Verifyabilite" title="Wikipedya:Verifyabilite – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Wikipedya:Verifyabilite" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%AEk%C3%AEpediya:Dir%C3%BBvbar%C3%AEt%C3%AE" title="Wîkîpediya:Dirûvbarîtî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Wîkîpediya:Dirûvbarîtî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia:Fons" title="Vicipaedia:Fons – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vicipaedia:Fons" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedija:Patikrinamumas" title="Vikipedija:Patikrinamumas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vikipedija:Patikrinamumas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Ellen%C5%91rizhet%C5%91s%C3%A9g" title="Wikipédia:Ellenőrizhetőség – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Ellenőrizhetőség" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Википедија:Проверливост – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Проверливост" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A4" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:പരിശോധനായോഗ്യത – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:പരിശോധനായോഗ്യത" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82" title="ويكيبيديا:امكانية التحقق – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:امكانية التحقق" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pengesahan" title="Wikipedia:Pengesahan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Pengesahan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pamastian" title="Wikipedia:Pamastian – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Wikipedia:Pamastian" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%85%E1%80%AD%E1%80%85%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%90%E1%80%8A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AF%E1%80%81%E1%80%B6%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BE%E1%80%AF" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:စိစစ်အတည်ပြုခံနိုင်မှု – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:စိစစ်အတည်ပြုခံနိုင်မှု" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifieerbaarheid" title="Wikipedia:Verifieerbaarheid – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipedia:Verifieerbaarheid" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE" title="विकिपिडिया:प्रमाणिकता – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:प्रमाणिकता" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E6%A4%9C%E8%A8%BC%E5%8F%AF%E8%83%BD%E6%80%A7" title="Wikipedia:検証可能性 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:検証可能性" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verificabilit%C3%A0" title="Wikipedia:Verificabilità – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Wikipedia:Verificabilità" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiserbarhet" title="Wikipedia:Verifiserbarhet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Verifiserbarhet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%BC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86:%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%96%E0%AC%AF%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%97%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F%E0%AC%A4%E0%AC%BE" title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ପରଖଯୋଗ୍ୟତା – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ପରଖଯୋଗ୍ୟତା" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Tasdiqlash_imkoniyatining_mavjudligi" title="Vikipediya:Tasdiqlash imkoniyatining mavjudligi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Tasdiqlash imkoniyatining mavjudligi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86:%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%95_%E0%A8%AF%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਤਸਦੀਕ ਯੋਗਤਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਤਸਦੀਕ ਯੋਗਤਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82_%D9%88%DA%93%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="ويکيپېډيا:تصديق وړتيا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا:تصديق وړتيا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Weryfikowalno%C5%9B%C4%87" title="Wikipedia:Weryfikowalność – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Weryfikowalność" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Verificabilidade" title="Wikipédia:Verificabilidade – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Verificabilidade" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tekseriwdi%C5%84_m%C3%BAmkinligi" title="Wikipedia:Tekseriwdiń múmkinligi – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Wikipedia:Tekseriwdiń múmkinligi" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verificabilitate" title="Wikipedia:Verificabilitate – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Verificabilitate" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Вікіпедія:Перевірительность – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Вікіпедія:Перевірительность" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Википедия:Проверяемость – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Проверяемость" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Wikipedia:Verifiability" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:V%C3%ABrtetueshm%C3%ABria" title="Wikipedia:Vërtetueshmëria – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Wikipedia:Vërtetueshmëria" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Virificabbilit%C3%A0" title="Wikipedia:Virificabbilità – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Wikipedia:Virificabbilità" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%9D%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80" title="විකිපීඩියා:සත්‍යෝක්ෂ්‍යතාව – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:සත්‍යෝක්ෂ්‍යතාව" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Verifiability" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%8A" title="وڪيپيڊيا:ثابتي – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:ثابتي" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Overite%C4%BEnos%C5%A5" title="Wikipédia:Overiteľnosť – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wikipédia:Overiteľnosť" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Preverljivost" title="Wikipedija:Preverljivost – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Preverljivost" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%95%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86" title="ویکیپیدیا:سەلماندنیبوون – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:سەلماندنیبوون" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%99%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" title="Википедија:Проверљивост – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Проверљивост" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Proverljivost" title="Wikipedija:Proverljivost – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Wikipedija:Proverljivost" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tarkistettavuus" title="Wikipedia:Tarkistettavuus – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wikipedia:Tarkistettavuus" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifierbarhet" title="Wikipedia:Verifierbarhet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wikipedia:Verifierbarhet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pagpapatunay" title="Wikipedia:Pagpapatunay – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Wikipedia:Pagpapatunay" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:மெய்யறிதன்மை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:மெய்யறிதன்மை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Википедия:Тикшереп булучанлык – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Википедия:Тикшереп булучанлык" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%81%B6%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%81%BD%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%82%83%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88%E1%81%BC%E1%82%84%E1%82%89%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BD%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88%E1%80%9C%E1%82%86%E1%82%88" title="ဝီႇၶီႇၽီးတီးယႃး:လွင်ႈၼႄႉၼွၼ်းမၵ်းမၼ်ႈလႆႈ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="ဝီႇၶီႇၽီးတီးယႃး:လွင်ႈၼႄႉၼွၼ်းမၵ်းမၼ်ႈလႆႈ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A7%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%82" title="వికీపీడియా:నిర్ధారత్వం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="వికీపీడియా:నిర్ధారత్వం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2:%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%89" title="วิกิพีเดีย:การพิสูจน์ยืนยันได้ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วิกิพีเดีย:การพิสูจน์ยืนยันได้" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%98%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80%D3%A3" title="Википедиа:Исботпазирӣ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Википедиа:Исботпазирӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedi:Do%C4%9Frulanabilirlik" title="Vikipedi:Doğrulanabilirlik – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Vikipedi:Doğrulanabilirlik" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi%C3%BDa:Tassyklama" title="Wikipediýa:Tassyklama – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Wikipediýa:Tassyklama" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Вікіпедія:Перевірність – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вікіпедія:Перевірність" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="ویکیپیڈیا:تصدیقیت – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="ویکیپیڈیا:تصدیقیت" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Th%C3%B4ng_tin_ki%E1%BB%83m_ch%E1%BB%A9ng_%C4%91%C6%B0%E1%BB%A3c" title="Wikipedia:Thông tin kiểm chứng được – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Wikipedia:Thông tin kiểm chứng được" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%B0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D6%BC%D7%A2%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A2:%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%9F" title="װיקיפּעדיע:פעסטשטעלן – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="װיקיפּעדיע:פעסטשטעלן" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" 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