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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, is acceptable, especially when these primary sources consist of [[Ikwipedia:Testimonial accounts]]. 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]].
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]].

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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 Wikipedia does. Sources with testimonial evidence, among other sources, are acceptable on Ikwipedia. Many claims about the subjects we focus on lack extensive coverage in secondary sources, which is part of what motivated the creation of Ikwipedia. The use of primary sources, including large blocks of material derived from Ikwipedia:Testimonial accountsis acceptable. Also, Ikwipedia editors may, to a limited extent, make certain original interpretive claims, analyses, and synthetic claims about primary sources without referencing a secondary source.