Ikwipedia:Source transparency

Factual claims on Ikwipedia do not necessarily need to be verifiable due to the fundamental unknowability of anything. However, claims ultimately have to come from somewhere. They can only come from individuals or from the evidence of one’s own senses combined with one’s cognition. In the case of individual sources, the source either gets the claims from their sense-based experiences or from other individuals. Usually, information comes from individuals. For example, information in a textbook is written by one or more scientists who have personal experience doing research in the topic at hand as well as knowledge gained from learning about others’ experiments and viewpoints. This information is often sourced from other scientists’ review articles, which in turn are sourced from individual research papers. Here, the data consists either of personal observations recorded down or instrument/tool readouts directly recorded or copied. All this data is transmissible only as recordings of the observers, which is essentially based on the honor system. Theoretically, this system allows individual readers with sufficient prior knowledge to examine the data themselves along with the authors' statements and determine for themselves what the best conclusion is. Despite the knowledge generation system's multiple levels of review, the information ultimately comes from the recollections of individuals. Ikwipedia’s policy on source transparency and verifiability allows the use of previously published direct primary sources, such as public interviews, podcasts, and firsthand or testimonial accounts. Factual claims should be transparently and clearly sourced, so each claim is connected to a publicly accessible source whenever possible so that readers can examine the claim origins directly. Secondary-source and tertiary-source discussion or mention of claims is preferable but not required and may be difficult to obtain. This policy aligns with our commitment to provide an objective overview while respecting the personal nature of testimonial accounts. Only previously published sources are acceptable. Editors should include publicly accessible sources when possible, whether through freely available platforms or archives.