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Any topic for which information from [[Ikwipedia:Acceptable sources|acceptable sources]] can have an article. This roughly mirrors [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability Wikipedia's policy] in that if there are no allowed sources for a subject, there should not be an article for it. Since the range of allowed sources on Ikwipedia is more broad than the range of [[Ikwipedia:reliable sources|reliable sources]], Ikwipedia's scope of coverage, in theory, includes that of Wikipedia and more. | |||
==Inherent notability | ==Inherent notability== | ||
Certain topics are so paradigm-shifting that they are ''inherently notable | Certain topics are so paradigm-shifting that they are ''inherently notable even if they have insufficient reliable-source coverage to have a Wikipedia page''. Such topics include: | ||
:'''Paranormal phenomena:''' | :'''Paranormal phenomena:''' evidence of the existence of [[non-human intelligent beings]], people, places, events, things, entities, concepts, etc. | ||
:'''Speculative concepts:''' [[exotic technologies]], people, places, events, things, entities, etc. not proven to exist | :'''Speculative concepts:''' [[exotic technologies]], people, places, events, things, entities, etc. not proven to exist | ||
:'''Major wrongdoing of public concern:''' [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories | :'''Major wrongdoing of public concern:''' [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]; alleged [[systemic-deception theory|systemic deception]]s; alleged suppression of evidence, censorship, etc. | ||
To affirmatively counteract the [[Ikwipedia:Hypothesis of Ikwipedia|hypothesized]] tendency of these topics to be concealed and actively suppressed, a mere claim alluding to the existence or validity of one or more of these topics (based on [[Ikwipedia:evidence|evidence]] and/or [[Ikwipedia:Testimonial accounts|testimonial accounts]]) warrants documentation of the topic(s), regardless of whether it can be verified by a particular standard of evidence. | |||
Documenting these topics in an encyclopedic way synthesizes the available information about them and shows how they interrelate, which helps to provide a more coherent understanding that accounts for them all, if that is possible. | |||
==Limitations== | ==Limitations== | ||
This permissive notability standard does not necessarily extend to all topics. Content which would not be found in a comparable Wikipedia article — even on an otherwise-notable subject and supported by otherwise-reliable sources, such as claims that primarily concern public figures' private lives — and which is not paradigm-shifting in the sense described is most likely not notable unless it specifically relates to the above topics. | This permissive notability standard does not necessarily extend to all topics. Content which would not be found in a comparable Wikipedia article — even on an otherwise-notable subject and supported by otherwise-reliable sources, such as claims that primarily concern public figures' private lives — and which is not paradigm-shifting in the sense described is most likely not notable unless it specifically relates to the above topics. |