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'''Q''': Won't allowing testimonial accounts regardless of corroboration lead to a collection of baseless allegations that, for example, aliens were involved in everything? Couldn't Ikwipedia's rules potentially lead to it becoming a repository of uninformed speculation based on false claims?

'''A:''' Ikwipedia ~~is committed~~ to ~~maintaining~~ a [[Ikwipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]] even with the inclusion of minority viewpoints, consistent with our ~~[[Ikwipedia:Hypothesis of Ikwipedia|hypothesis-based]]~~ [[Ikwipedia:Motivations for Ikwipedia|motivating philosophy]]. If a previously published sincere testimonial claim has information about a topic that, if true, is worthy of being in an encyclopedia article about that topic, it can be cited, and people can judge based on the attributes of the claim. Assertions based on testimonial claims are not baseless.

'''A:''' Ikwipedia aims to maintain a [[Ikwipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]] even with the inclusion of minority viewpoints, consistent with our [[Ikwipedia:Motivations for Ikwipedia|motivating philosophy]]. If a previously published sincere testimonial claim, believed by at least one person, has information about a topic that, if true, is [[Ikwipedia:Notability|worthy of being in an encyclopedia article]] about that topic, it can be cited, and people can judge based on the attributes of the claim. Assertions based on testimonial claims are not baseless.

'''Q:''' The rule that [[Ikwipedia:testimonial accounts|testimonial evidence]] is [[Ikwipedia:Acceptable_sources|allowed]] effectively means that anything that anyone has ever said or written, as long as it is [[Ikwipedia:Published|published]], can be taken as true as long as someone, somewhere, believes it is "sincere".

'''A:''' This is a research project and an encyclopedia. Articles should [[Ikwipedia:Neutrality|neutrally]] and carefully report on the veracity of a disputed assertion. We hope that good-faith [[Ikwipedia:Editing articles|contributors]] can judge whether a witness is trolling, whether they are believed by anyone — including the witness themself — and other relevant factors and come to a consensus through discussion and co-editing.

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 '''Q''': Won't allowing testimonial accounts regardless of corroboration lead to a collection of baseless allegations that, for example, aliens were involved in everything? Couldn't Ikwipedia's rules potentially lead to it becoming a repository of uninformed speculation based on false claims?
-'''A:''' Ikwipedia is committed to maintaining a [[Ikwipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]] even with the inclusion of minority viewpoints, consistent with our [[Ikwipedia:Hypothesis of Ikwipedia|hypothesis-based]] [[Ikwipedia:Motivations for Ikwipedia|motivating philosophy]]. If a previously published sincere testimonial claim has information about a topic that, if true, is worthy of being in an encyclopedia article about that topic, it can be cited, and people can judge based on the attributes of the claim. Assertions based on testimonial claims are not baseless.
+'''A:''' Ikwipedia aims to maintain a [[Ikwipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]] even with the inclusion of minority viewpoints, consistent with our [[Ikwipedia:Motivations for Ikwipedia|motivating philosophy]]. If a previously published sincere testimonial claim, believed by at least one person, has information about a topic that, if true, is [[Ikwipedia:Notability|worthy of being in an encyclopedia article]] about that topic, it can be cited, and people can judge based on the attributes of the claim. Assertions based on testimonial claims are not baseless.
+'''Q:''' The rule that [[Ikwipedia:testimonial accounts|testimonial evidence]] is [[Ikwipedia:Acceptable_sources|allowed]] effectively means that anything that anyone has ever said or written, as long as it is [[Ikwipedia:Published|published]], can be taken as true as long as someone, somewhere, believes it is "sincere".
+'''A:''' This is a research project and an encyclopedia. Articles should [[Ikwipedia:Neutrality|neutrally]] and carefully report on the veracity of a disputed assertion. We hope that good-faith [[Ikwipedia:Editing articles|contributors]] can judge whether a witness is trolling, whether they are believed by anyone — including the witness themself — and other relevant factors and come to a consensus through discussion and co-editing.