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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.
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 of topics==
==Inherent notability==
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:
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:''' people, places, events, things, entities, and concepts; evidence of the existence of [[non-human intelligent beings]], etc.
:'''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]]; alleged [[systemic-deception theory|systemic deception]]s; etc.
:'''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.
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.