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For a topic to have an article, it must be both notable and have [[Ikwipedia:Acceptable sources|acceptable sources]] that can be cited | For a topic to have an article, it must be both notable and have [[Ikwipedia:Acceptable sources|acceptable sources]] that can be cited. | ||
==Inherent notability of [[Ikwipedia:Hypothesis of Ikwipedia|hypothesis]]-adjacent topics== | ==Inherent notability of [[Ikwipedia:Hypothesis of Ikwipedia|hypothesis]]-adjacent topics== | ||
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: |
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For a topic to have an article, it must be both notable and have acceptable sources that can be cited.
Inherent notability of hypothesis-adjacent topics
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.
- Speculative concepts: exotic technologies, people, places, events, things, entities, etc. not proven to exist
- Major wrongdoing of public concern: conspiracy theories based on testimonial accounts; alleged systemic deceptions; etc.
A mere (testimonial) claim alluding to the existence or validity of one or more of these topics 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 clear understanding of a coherent framework that accounts for them all, if such a framework exists.
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.