Ikwipedia:Acceptable sources: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:01, 31 December 2024

Ikwipedia allows a wider range of sources than Wikipedia, including purely testimonial and primary sources, to address topics lacking substantial secondary coverage.

Overview

Ikwipedia permits the use of primary sources—such as firsthand accounts, interviews, and testimonial evidence—to enhance coverage of underrepresented subjects subject to the rules on neutrality and source transparency,

Use of sources

Articles may include large blocks of material from firsthand accounts or testimonial sources.

Editorializing

Ikwipedia allows limited original analysis, interpretive claims, and synthesis of primary sources by editors, as long as they are contextualized and neutral.

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-Put simply, Ikwipedia has a more permissive allowance on the incorporation of original research and the use of primary sources than [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Primary,_secondary,_and_tertiary_sources Wikipedia does]. Sources with [[Ikwipedia:Testimonial accounts|testimonial evidence]], among other sources, are acceptable on [[Ikwipedia:About|Ikwipedia]]. Many claims about the subjects we focus on lack extensive coverage in secondary sources, which is part of what [[Ikwipedia:Motivations for Ikwipedia|motivated the creation of Ikwipedia]]. The use of primary sources, including large blocks of material derived from [[Ikwipedia:Testimonial accounts]]is acceptable. Also, Ikwipedia editors may, to a limited extent, make [[Ikwipedia:Synthesis and interpretation of published material|certain original interpretive claims, analyses, and synthetic claims about primary sources without referencing a secondary source]].
+Ikwipedia allows a wider range of sources than Wikipedia, including purely [[Ikwipedia:Testimonial accounts|testimonial]] and primary sources, to address topics lacking substantial secondary coverage.
+=== Overview ===
+Ikwipedia permits the use of [[Ikwipedia:Testimonial accounts|primary sources]]—such as firsthand accounts, interviews, and testimonial evidence—to enhance coverage of underrepresented subjects subject to the rules on [[Ikwipedia:Neutral point of view|neutrality]] and [[Ikwipedia:Source transparency|source transparency]],
+=== Use of sources ===
+Articles may include large blocks of material from firsthand accounts or testimonial sources.
+=== Editorializing ===
+Ikwipedia allows limited [[Ikwipedia:Synthesis and interpretation of source material|original analysis, interpretive claims, and synthesis of primary sources]] by editors, as long as they are contextualized and neutral.