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curprev 23:4523:45, 6 August 2024‎ Remsense talk contribs‎ 36,275 bytes −4‎ Reverting edit(s) by Avigreen18 (talk) to rev. 1235342349 by WhatamIdoing: Reverting good faith edits: better as it was (UV 0.1.5) Tags: Ultraviolet Undo
curprev 23:4323:43, 6 August 2024‎ Avigreen18 talk contribs‎ 36,279 bytes +4‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: Improved phrasing to clarify intent Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 20:1420:14, 18 July 2024‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 36,275 bytes +59‎ →‎Exceptional claims require exceptional sources: Per talk page Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 23:3223:32, 11 July 2024‎ Pyxis Solitary talk contribs‎ 36,216 bytes +11‎ →‎Self-published sources: C/e. Info refers to two different types of blogs: personal blog and group blog.

curprev 18:2518:25, 7 July 2024‎ Wafflefrites talk contribs‎ 36,205 bytes −94‎ →‎Newspaper and magazine blogs: Clarify by expanding, remove in-line tag

curprev 21:4021:40, 30 June 2024‎ Bob K31416 talk contribs‎ 36,182 bytes −6‎ deleted "other" since it is unclear what it means and it is not needed

curprev 04:4104:41, 17 June 2024‎ Levivich talk contribs‎ 36,188 bytes −17‎ don't need three shortcuts

curprev 17:5917:59, 1 June 2024‎ Primium talk contribs‎ m 36,043 bytes +13‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: added ore-existing shortcut

curprev 20:5320:53, 29 May 2024‎ Dave souza talk contribs‎ 36,030 bytes +21‎ Undid revision 1226310338 by Dave souza (talk) undo own revert Tag: Undo
curprev 20:5020:50, 29 May 2024‎ Dave souza talk contribs‎ m 36,009 bytes −21‎ Reverted edit by Dustfreeworld (talk) to last version by Cambalachero Tags: Rollback Reverted
curprev 20:3420:34, 29 May 2024‎ Dustfreeworld talk contribs‎ 36,030 bytes +21‎ Copied three words from the section below. Tag: Reverted

curprev 17:4617:46, 27 May 2024‎ Cambalachero talk contribs‎ 36,009 bytes −15‎ →‎Exceptional claims require exceptional sources: Despite the superficial similarities, Wikipedia's Verifiability and actual science are two different fields with their own rules.

curprev 17:3117:31, 21 May 2024‎ Newimpartial talk contribs‎ 36,024 bytes −8‎ A new suggestion flowing from Talk
curprev 16:5716:57, 21 May 2024‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 36,032 bytes +284‎ Listing the four types per talk page Tag: Visual edit

curprev 19:5919:59, 11 May 2024‎ TechnoSquirrel69 talk contribs‎ 35,748 bytes −10‎ Unnecessary

curprev 05:5705:57, 9 May 2024‎ Remsense talk contribs‎ 35,758 bytes −27‎ →‎Reliable sources: reduce footnote to balance for plausibility and relevance

curprev 05:5105:51, 7 May 2024‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 35,785 bytes +66‎ Undid revision 1221971727 by Asilvering (talk) See talk page

curprev 02:4202:42, 3 May 2024‎ Asilvering talk contribs‎ 35,719 bytes −65‎ rewording footnote to clarify that this is specifically about burden/challenge, see talk page

curprev 02:0302:03, 30 April 2024‎ CanonNi talk contribs‎ 35,784 bytes −10‎ →‎Accessibility: rm {{clear}}, no use

curprev 07:3007:30, 24 April 2024‎ Pyxis Solitary talk contribs‎ m 35,794 bytes +4‎ →‎Self-published sources: Wikilink.

curprev 11:5911:59, 23 April 2024‎ Joe Roe talk contribs‎ 35,790 bytes +2‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: per discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Discord, making it clearer that "published" implies "public"

curprev 15:0215:02, 12 April 2024‎ Bon courage talk contribs‎ 35,788 bytes +19‎ →‎Best sources: +wl

curprev 16:0416:04, 6 April 2024‎ Mikeblas talk contribs‎ m 35,769 bytes +24‎ →‎Self-published sources: fix title

curprev 16:3216:32, 14 March 2024‎ Iljhgtn talk contribs‎ m 35,745 bytes 0‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: Capitalization MOS:CAPS

curprev 02:2902:29, 5 March 2024‎ I'm tla talk contribs‎ 35,745 bytes +9‎ adding shortcut Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 16:2516:25, 2 March 2024‎ Donald Albury talk contribs‎ 35,736 bytes −290‎ Reverted good faith edits by Newusernamenewusernamenewusername000000 (talk): Not helpful Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 16:2416:24, 2 March 2024‎ Newusernamenewusernamenewusername000000 talk contribs‎ 36,026 bytes +290‎ →‎Best sources: Elaboration Tag: Reverted

curprev 21:3421:34, 11 February 2024‎ Dustfreeworld talk contribs‎ 35,736 bytes +8‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: add shortcut, “Consensus may determine that certain information Does Not Improve an article. Such information ...”

curprev 02:0802:08, 27 January 2024‎ SWinxy talk contribs‎ m 35,640 bytes −74‎ →‎top: MOS:ORDER; {{Redirect}} Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 15:5515:55, 24 January 2024‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 35,714 bytes +20‎ →‎Wikipedia and sources that mirror or use it: Wikipedia:ABOUTSELF
curprev 15:1715:17, 24 January 2024‎ Chris troutman talk contribs‎ 35,694 bytes −11‎ Undid revision 1198601260 by Wik6516 (talk) new editors shouldn't edit policy pages Tag: Undo
curprev 15:0415:04, 24 January 2024‎ Wik6516 talk contribs‎ 35,705 bytes +11‎ Changed first sentence in second paragraph to allow exceptions for when Wikipedia itself is being discussed in the ''section'', but not in the article as a whole Tag: Reverted

curprev 15:4015:40, 20 January 2024‎ JeffSpaceman talk contribs‎ 35,694 bytes −7‎ I think it would make more sense to link to the reliable sources guideline page here, but feel free to revert if you disagree Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 23:1223:12, 12 January 2024‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ m 35,701 bytes +64‎ Link cleanup; shortcuts are for editorial convenience on talk pages and in the URL bar, not for informing editors (mostly new ones) where and what things are. Tag: Reverted

curprev 03:2403:24, 7 January 2024‎ Left guide talk contribs‎ 35,637 bytes +17‎ No edit summary

curprev 23:0023:00, 18 December 2023‎ 2003 LN6 talk contribs‎ 35,620 bytes +12‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations

curprev 21:5621:56, 14 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 35,608 bytes +85‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: merge tag update

curprev 16:0516:05, 13 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 35,523 bytes +269‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: Section merge tag; less redundant hatnote wording; put HTML comment back where it is pertinent, though it should probably just be deleted.

curprev 09:4509:45, 11 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 35,254 bytes +14‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: fix truncated wording; and wikipedia really works with claims not with "facts"

curprev 10:1810:18, 3 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ m 35,240 bytes +15‎ use the same style within the list

curprev 16:1716:17, 2 December 2023‎ Serial Number 54129 talk contribs‎ 35,225 bytes +31‎ →‎Guidelines: wp:cs

curprev 16:3416:34, 6 November 2023‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 35,194 bytes +16‎ rmv ambiguity. The disagreement is not with the editor and their opinion,....etc.
curprev 16:3216:32, 6 November 2023‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 35,178 bytes 0‎ keeping the personal together for a more logical flow
curprev 02:5602:56, 6 November 2023‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 35,178 bytes −89‎ →‎top: Copy edit to reduce redundancy.
curprev 01:5101:51, 6 November 2023‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 35,267 bytes +112‎ Explain some jargon in the first paragraph Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 14:2514:25, 3 November 2023‎ Betty Logan talk contribs‎ 35,155 bytes +4‎ Undid revision 1183305852 by Wingwatchers (talk) A change that alters the meaning of a long-standing policy should be discussed first. The meanings of "multiple" and "many" are not synonymous. Tag: Undo
curprev 13:5413:54, 3 November 2023‎ Wingwatchers talk contribs‎ 35,151 bytes −4‎ →‎Exceptional claims require exceptional sources: See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film: Revision history Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 17:5417:54, 30 September 2023‎ Psiĥedelisto talk contribs‎ 35,155 bytes +151‎ new shortcuts

curprev 04:5104:51, 21 September 2023‎ 123957a talk contribs‎ 35,004 bytes +102‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: Added "For Twitter's entry on the list of perennial sources, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources#Twitter", taken from the top of Wikipedia:WikiLeaks is not part of Wikipedia: permanent link https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiLeaks_is_not_part_of_Wikipedia&oldid=1095102928

curprev 01:2001:20, 25 August 2023‎ Thinker78 talk contribs‎ 34,902 bytes +1‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: parenthesis
curprev 01:1901:19, 25 August 2023‎ Thinker78 talk contribs‎ 34,901 bytes +22‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: moved guidance to its own subsection to provide more emphasis to its importance

curprev 13:4413:44, 24 August 2023‎ Mach61 talk contribs‎ 34,879 bytes +45‎ →‎Wikipedia and sources that mirror or use it: commonly cited essay

curprev 16:4116:41, 28 July 2023‎ Steelpillow talk contribs‎ 34,834 bytes +13‎ →‎Self-published sources: YASC - Yet Another ShortCut

curprev 00:2400:24, 9 July 2023‎ SWinxy talk contribs‎ m 34,821 bytes +47‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: Point to the section in the hat; mention WP:CHALLENGE in {{shortcut}} Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 00:0300:03, 6 July 2023‎ Nikkimaria talk contribs‎ 34,774 bytes −25‎ see talk Tag: Manual revert

curprev 03:1503:15, 1 July 2023‎ Doniago talk contribs‎ m 34,799 bytes −33‎ Reverted edits by Frankbryce (talk) to last version by Huggums537 Discuss at Talk please; this is potentially confusing for readers. Tag: Rollback
curprev 00:4600:46, 1 July 2023‎ Frankbryce talk contribs‎ m 34,832 bytes +33‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: Added link to burden of proof (philosophy) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

curprev 23:5923:59, 23 June 2023‎ Nikkimaria talk contribs‎ 34,844 bytes −107‎ trim
curprev 10:0710:07, 23 June 2023‎ Huggums537 talk contribs‎ 34,951 bytes −1‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: This whole passage is talking about sources, not subjects, topics or anything else. The word is misleading from the rest of the policy in this section.
curprev 00:1900:19, 23 June 2023‎ North8000 talk contribs‎ 34,952 bytes −133‎ Undid revision 1161277963 by Actualcpscm (talk) Revert addition. WP:ver speaks for itself in this area. This adds a requirement of overall percentage of sources that may be good for some situations but not others. Or to put it another way, dictates case-specific result of wp:ver Tag: Undo

curprev 23:3123:31, 22 June 2023‎ Nikkimaria talk contribs‎ 35,085 bytes +304‎ Restored revision 1161342184 by Nikkimaria (talk): More streamlined than your proposed alternative. take to talk if you disagree. Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 05:0705:07, 22 June 2023‎ Fgnievinski talk contribs‎ 34,781 bytes −304‎ Undid revision 1161342184 by Nikkimaria (talk) visual pollution Tags: Undo Reverted Disambiguation links added
curprev 03:1903:19, 22 June 2023‎ Nikkimaria talk contribs‎ 35,085 bytes +304‎ restore hatnotes Tags: Manual revert Reverted
curprev 01:4501:45, 22 June 2023‎ Zero0000 talk contribs‎ 34,781 bytes −84‎ rv incorrect and undiscussed, see talk page Tag: Reverted

curprev 13:3913:39, 8 June 2023‎ LOOKSQUARE talk contribs‎ 34,952 bytes +26‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: added 2 new shortcuts (please tell me if this is wrong)

curprev 01:1801:18, 16 May 2023‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 34,926 bytes −55‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: (a) Copy edit and (b) remove "but not limited to." Regarding (b), I ask the editor who added it to provide examples of content that is not listed but requires a citation.

curprev 17:0417:04, 15 May 2023‎ Nightscream talk contribs‎ m 34,981 bytes −7‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: We don't need commas or conjuctions in bulleted lists.
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curprev 21:5521:55, 7 May 2023‎ Reify-tech talk contribs‎ m 34,972 bytes +1‎ →‎Non-English sources: Copyedit per WP:CONTRACTION

curprev 20:0120:01, 15 April 2023‎ Popcornfud talk contribs‎ 34,971 bytes +11‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: add WP:PROVEIT shortcut to list

curprev 00:2800:28, 1 April 2023‎ AugustusAudax talk contribs‎ 34,960 bytes +10‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: Added WP:REDDIT to shortcuts.

curprev 12:5012:50, 23 March 2023‎ Pierpao talk contribs‎ 34,950 bytes −64‎ Triple overcat This page is in Category:Wikipedia Policies that is root of Category:Wikipedia content policies and is in Category:Wikipedia verifiability that is under Category:Wikipedia content policies - removed Category:Wikipedia content policies using HotCat

curprev 08:2208:22, 22 March 2023‎ CrafterNova talk contribs‎ 35,014 bytes +13‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: wording fix Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 11:4111:41, 21 March 2023‎ Bonadea talk contribs‎ 35,001 bytes −17‎ →‎Wikipedia and sources that mirror or use it: actually, is "considered (as/to be)" necessary? I think the hedge is unneeded (WP:UGC gives Wikipedia as an example of a user generated source) and just makes the sentence awkward. Feel free to revert if I'm wrong.
curprev 11:3711:37, 21 March 2023‎ Bonadea talk contribs‎ 35,018 bytes +4‎ →‎Wikipedia and sources that mirror or use it: punctuation and wording for clarity

curprev 03:3103:31, 17 March 2023‎ Υφ22 talk contribs‎ 35,014 bytes +4‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 03:2903:29, 17 March 2023‎ Υφ22 talk contribs‎ 35,010 bytes +4‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: Added internal link Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 08:2008:20, 15 March 2023‎ Fayenatic london talk contribs‎ 35,006 bytes +5‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: update link

curprev 22:1422:14, 13 March 2023‎ VintageVernacular talk contribs‎ 35,001 bytes +36‎ →‎Quoting: link to Wikipedia:Translators available

curprev 05:4605:46, 3 March 2023‎ HaeB talk contribs‎ 34,965 bytes −191‎ Reverted 1 edit by DFlhb (talk): Confuses LLMs with AI in general (which various RS have been using for years, cf. Automated journalism) and is otherwise redundant to WP:RS Tags: Twinkle Undo

curprev 18:2118:21, 2 March 2023‎ DFlhb talk contribs‎ 35,156 bytes +191‎ →‎Questionable sources: Adding a sentence: Content written by AI/large language models is considered unreliable unless there is consensus that the publisher applies sufficient editorial oversight to such content. Please feel free to WP:Bold-refine this. Tag: Reverted

curprev 03:0403:04, 22 February 2023‎ RadioactiveBoulevardier talk contribs‎ 34,965 bytes −4‎ Changing short description from "Wikipedia policy on the verifiability of information" to "Wikipedia policy on verifiability of information" Tag: Shortdesc helper

curprev 16:0816:08, 10 February 2023‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 34,969 bytes −10‎ ditto
curprev 16:0616:06, 10 February 2023‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 34,979 bytes −5‎ use wikimarkup rather than template
curprev 15:2315:23, 10 February 2023‎ Ryanisgreat4444 talk contribs‎ 34,984 bytes +6‎ No edit summary

curprev 19:2419:24, 9 February 2023‎ Selfstudier talk contribs‎ 34,978 bytes +3‎ →‎Other issues: responsibility to sounds odd.
curprev 19:2019:20, 9 February 2023‎ Blueboar talk contribs‎ 34,975 bytes −237‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: Bold… but has support in discussion. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 01:4101:41, 2 February 2023‎ ActivelyDisinterested talk contribs‎ 35,212 bytes +247‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: Ok before I go insane I'm just going to boldly add this, Cambridge because it specifically has the meaning used in this case.

curprev 23:2923:29, 29 January 2023‎ TadejM talk contribs‎ 34,965 bytes +36‎ for a category, you may use Template:Uncited category

curprev 10:2610:26, 22 January 2023‎ Zero0000 talk contribs‎ 34,929 bytes −28‎ Undid revision 1135043747 by Steue Wikipedia is not a court, and consensus is entirely different from proof. Tag: Undo
curprev 07:5807:58, 22 January 2023‎ Steue talk contribs‎ 34,957 bytes +28‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: (After: onus:) added: "(Burden of proof (law))".) Tag: Reverted

curprev 08:1008:10, 16 January 2023‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 34,929 bytes −37‎ Undid revision 1133170071 by Ahunt (talk) reverting edit that reverted edit explained as "per WP:LINKBOX. With 90 day pageviews 867, 710, 2934, 887, 590, only WP:BURDEN is justified to be the advertised shortcut to this section. All shortcuts will still work." The other "convenient" redirects will still work. Tag: Undo

curprev 14:4914:49, 12 January 2023‎ Ahunt talk contribs‎ 34,966 bytes +37‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: restored convenience links Tag: Reverted

curprev 16:1716:17, 4 January 2023‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 34,929 bytes +46‎ →‎Essays: Add Wikipedia:You are not a reliable source
curprev 15:5015:50, 4 January 2023‎ Kingsif talk contribs‎ 34,883 bytes −62‎ →‎Essays: well then this literally-a-comment not even formatted and posted as an essay *has* to go
curprev 11:0211:02, 4 January 2023‎ HaeB talk contribs‎ 34,945 bytes −84‎ Reverted 1 edit by Kingsif (talk): Let's not get into the habit of posting a comment as essay and then immediately linking it here. Besides, what that essay "advocates for" is basically already a guideline, see MOS:DATED Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 05:2405:24, 4 January 2023‎ Kingsif talk contribs‎ 35,029 bytes +84‎ →‎Essays: related essay, like truth requires sources, on application of V - this one on dating V Tag: Reverted

curprev 12:0812:08, 2 January 2023‎ LightNightLights talk contribs‎ 34,945 bytes 0‎ →‎Newspaper and magazine blogs: Per MOS:ELLIPSES Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 22:5422:54, 23 December 2022‎ Lol1VNIO talk contribs‎ m 34,945 bytes −56‎ ce

curprev 22:3622:36, 1 December 2022‎ KoA talk contribs‎ 35,001 bytes +93‎ Undid revision 1125043399 by Vipz (talk) Definitely need consensus for policy changes like this. Tag: Undo
curprev 22:3122:31, 1 December 2022‎ Vipz talk contribs‎ 34,908 bytes −93‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: What does "The onus to achieve consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content" even mean? If something is not verifiable and reliably sourced, there needs to be no consensus on its removal, because WP:BURDEN is always on the editor restoring or adding content, not the editor removing it. Tag: Reverted

curprev 23:4323:43, 8 November 2022‎ Crossroads talk contribs‎ 35,001 bytes 0‎ Not sure about this change in word order, but the apostrophe belongs here if so.

curprev 02:5502:55, 7 November 2022‎ Jojit fb talk contribs‎ m 35,001 bytes 0‎ →‎Reliable sources: Spelling/grammar/punctuation/typographical correction
curprev 01:0901:09, 7 November 2022‎ Jojit fb talk contribs‎ m 35,001 bytes −6‎ for clarity

curprev 21:2021:20, 28 October 2022‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 35,007 bytes +11‎ Opinions Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
curprev 17:3717:37, 28 October 2022‎ TheRealest001 talk contribs‎ 34,996 bytes +4‎ No edit summary

curprev 16:1816:18, 23 October 2022‎ PerfectSoundWhatever talk contribs‎ 34,992 bytes +56‎ →‎Neutrality: I can't find any info on what to do if sources disagree on WP:NPOV so i added a shortcut here.

curprev 15:1815:18, 21 October 2022‎ Huggums537 talk contribs‎ 34,936 bytes +64‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: Update link.

curprev 16:1216:12, 17 October 2022‎ Mikeblas talk contribs‎ m 34,872 bytes −3‎ →‎Tagging a sentence, section, or article: correct link title

curprev 18:1018:10, 16 September 2022‎ Valjean talk contribs‎ 34,875 bytes +61‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: {{seealso|Wikipedia:Reliable sources#Statements of opinion}}

curprev 01:2101:21, 12 September 2022‎ Chillabit talk contribs‎ 34,814 bytes −1‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: "especially" -> "including" perhaps, see last edit. Wanted to assuage concern that specialty magazines could be slated from the "mainstream" wording. Didn't mean to suggest they're *inherently* more reliable...

curprev 10:0610:06, 10 September 2022‎ Chillabit talk contribs‎ 34,815 bytes +25‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: from Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability/Archive_72#Do_magazines_need_to_be_mainstream?, to get rid of that eyesore tag. I encourage others to review my amendment RE: that discussion.
curprev 02:2302:23, 10 September 2022‎ Andrevan talk contribs‎ 34,790 bytes −42‎ Reverted good faith edits by BastienNocera (talk): Wrong meaning of oversight Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 02:2002:20, 10 September 2022‎ BastienNocera talk contribs‎ 34,832 bytes +42‎ →‎Sources that are usually not reliable: Sources that have WP:OS or WP:COI Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 00:0700:07, 3 September 2022‎ AKK-700 talk contribs‎ 34,790 bytes +25‎ related policies

curprev 16:3316:33, 2 September 2022‎ Wbm1058 talk contribs‎ 34,765 bytes +55‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: per Template:Anchor#Basic format

curprev 02:1302:13, 29 August 2022‎ Jc3s5h talk contribs‎ 34,710 bytes −57‎ Undid revision 1107260241 by Andrevan (talk) Unwise change to policy. Tag: Undo
curprev 01:5901:59, 29 August 2022‎ Andrevan talk contribs‎ 34,767 bytes +57‎ →‎Access to sources: +(though they still must have been published at one time) Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 16:0016:00, 26 August 2022‎ SamuelRiv talk contribs‎ 34,710 bytes +15‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: Congrats at quoting the vacuum since [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVerifiability&type=revision&diff=561358661&oldid=560383401 June 2013]. Yes, quotation marks around a definition imply it's a quotation from ''somewhere'', not something we made up. This has in turn propagated with quotes to WP:Published and WP:RS.

curprev 02:5302:53, 24 August 2022‎ Nikkimaria talk contribs‎ 34,695 bytes −79‎ not equivalent alternatives Tag: Manual revert
curprev 01:4701:47, 24 August 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 34,774 bytes +79‎ →‎top: add alternatives to removal Tag: Reverted

curprev 22:4022:40, 23 August 2022‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 34,695 bytes +20‎ Clarify Tag: Visual edit

curprev 07:0907:09, 13 August 2022‎ Johnuniq talk contribs‎ 34,675 bytes −30‎ rv to version at 18:02, 3 August 2022: standard procedure has Template:pp at the top; three shortcuts is more than enough Tag: Undo
curprev 04:1404:14, 13 August 2022‎ Migfab008 talk contribs‎ 34,705 bytes +14‎ Wikishortcuts added Tag: Reverted

curprev 14:1414:14, 12 August 2022‎ Migfab008 talk contribs‎ 34,691 bytes +16‎ Fix MOS:ORDER and added shortcut Tag: Reverted

curprev 18:0218:02, 3 August 2022‎ Recoil16 talk contribs‎ 34,675 bytes +9‎ →‎Self-published or questionable sources as sources on themselves: improve grammar

curprev 23:2223:22, 22 July 2022‎ KoA talk contribs‎ 34,666 bytes +116‎ Restored revision 1098978396 by Chalst (talk): Restoring to last clean version of the policy (as far as I can see). Policy pages are not a place for this many intermediate edits, see talk. Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 22:5222:52, 22 July 2022‎ Kolya Butternut talk contribs‎ 34,550 bytes −118‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: Remove ONUS which is redundant with "Consensus may determine that certain information does not improve an article", or per WT:V#The_meaning_of_the_CURRENT_text_at_ONUS_(introduction) meaning #13, "t's your job to prove there is an active, positive agreement to include your material". Tag: Reverted
curprev 20:1320:13, 22 July 2022‎ Blueboar talk contribs‎ 34,668 bytes +2‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: Added paragraph break to separate VNOT from ONUS. No change to text. Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 11:2011:20, 18 July 2022‎ Chalst talk contribs‎ 34,666 bytes +30‎ →‎Questionable sources: tighten discussion of issue with peer review for predatory journals

curprev 12:0212:02, 17 July 2022‎ Colin talk contribs‎ 34,636 bytes −20‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: rm Random House as an example. Just way too general to be realistically mentioned wrt choosing a source.
curprev 12:0012:00, 17 July 2022‎ Colin talk contribs‎ 34,656 bytes +178‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: Per June discussion. Separate what a cited source in an article is from what we mean by "source" or "sources" in discussions.
curprev 11:3611:36, 17 July 2022‎ Colin talk contribs‎ 34,478 bytes −1‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: and this
curprev 11:3511:35, 17 July 2022‎ Colin talk contribs‎ 34,479 bytes −1‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: there are four now

curprev 14:5214:52, 12 July 2022‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 34,480 bytes +635‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: Copied from this comment on the talk page by Colin on 3 June 2022 Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 22:5822:58, 9 July 2022‎ Kolya Butternut talk contribs‎ 33,845 bytes −68‎ Undid revision 1097288375 by Kolya Butternut (talk) Self revert. Not sure what the standards are for the disputed tag, but I agree that WP:ONUS and WP:NOCON should either both have tags or both not have tags, so I will remove the tag at WP:NOCON. Tag: Undo
curprev 20:5020:50, 9 July 2022‎ Kolya Butternut talk contribs‎ 33,913 bytes +68‎ Undid revision 1097285196 by KoA (talk) I don't think we need to establish consensus that there's no consensus, it's apparent. Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 20:2420:24, 9 July 2022‎ KoA talk contribs‎ 33,845 bytes −68‎ Removing per talk page due to lack of consensus. Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 12:2112:21, 9 July 2022‎ Aquillion talk contribs‎ 33,913 bytes +68‎ →‎Other issues: adding a disputed tag here to reflect the one at WP:NOCON; do not remove one without removing both. Tag: Reverted

curprev 04:4304:43, 4 July 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 33,845 bytes +15‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: wp:FIXTHEPROBLEM identified by reverting editor
curprev 04:0104:01, 4 July 2022‎ GoneIn60 talk contribs‎ 33,830 bytes −29‎ Reverted good faith edits by Butwhatdoiknow (talk): I question this need in one of the most oft-cited phrases in policy. The previous 3 sentences clarify the "article" context, and the term certainly shouldn't be linked on the 4th occurrence. Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 02:1202:12, 4 July 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 33,859 bytes +29‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: Add text and link to clarify that last sentence of ONUS applies to mainspace pages. Tag: Reverted

curprev 00:4400:44, 25 June 2022‎ Crossroads talk contribs‎ 33,830 bytes −38‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: rv link to short low-traffic essay which claims that the cutoff is a 50% likelihood of challenge, and that stuff thought less likely to be challenged does not need a source. WP:UNDUE emphasis on telling people sources are not needed

curprev 22:5522:55, 24 June 2022‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 33,868 bytes +195‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: Add BLP requirements Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 07:3307:33, 16 June 2022‎ Doug Weller talk contribs‎ 33,673 bytes −103‎ Reverting edit(s) by Butwhatdoiknow (talk) to rev. 1092981899 by Veverve: Reverting good faith edits inappropriate wording IMHO but in any case the discussion has not yet been closed, as the editor admits (RW 16.1) Tags: RW Undo
curprev 05:2705:27, 16 June 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 33,776 bytes +103‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: Based on responses to far at Wikipedia talk:Verifiability#The meaning of the CURRENT text at ONUS (survey) Tag: Reverted

curprev 20:5120:51, 13 June 2022‎ Veverve talk contribs‎ m 33,673 bytes 0‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion

curprev 17:3317:33, 11 June 2022‎ LaundryPizza03 talk contribs‎ 33,673 bytes +15‎ →‎Exceptional claims require exceptional sources: Wikipedia article about this standard of evidence.

curprev 16:0516:05, 7 June 2022‎ CrafterNova talk contribs‎ 33,658 bytes −5‎ →‎Wikipedia and sources that mirror or use it: removed unnecessary word Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 23:4523:45, 24 May 2022‎ ToBeFree talk contribs‎ 33,663 bytes +5‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: +"also" between two wikilinks, primarily to separate them, but happily noticing that the result is also (subjectively) easier to understand (to me)
curprev 23:1823:18, 24 May 2022‎ Chris troutman talk contribs‎ 33,658 bytes +189‎ Undid revision 1089645007 by IActuallyContributeToSociety (talk) I disagree with this needless wordsmithing of a policy page Tag: Undo
curprev 23:1523:15, 24 May 2022‎ IActuallyContributeToSociety talk contribs‎ 33,469 bytes −189‎ Restored revision 1078741145 by IActuallyContributeToSociety (talk): As it needs some grammar Tags: Twinkle Undo Reverted

curprev 15:5615:56, 11 May 2022‎ Butwhatdoiknow talk contribs‎ 33,658 bytes +62‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: add main template pointing to Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Encyclopedic_content Tag: Reverted

curprev 13:2613:26, 18 April 2022‎ Blueboar talk contribs‎ 33,596 bytes −5‎ →‎Notability: We can’t predict the existence of future sources. Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 19:3319:33, 17 April 2022‎ Fgnievinski talk contribs‎ 33,601 bytes +136‎ →‎Notability: caveat Tag: Reverted

curprev 19:0719:07, 30 March 2022‎ IdiosyncraticLawyer talk contribs‎ m 33,465 bytes −3‎ Punctuation Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 12:4512:45, 29 March 2022‎ Dovid talk contribs‎ m 33,468 bytes +13‎ Fix awkward syntax of note Tag: Reverted

curprev 11:2611:26, 23 March 2022‎ North8000 talk contribs‎ 33,455 bytes −14‎ Undid revision 1078741145 by IActuallyContributeToSociety (talk) At best not an improvement Tags: Undo Reverted
curprev 02:1402:14, 23 March 2022‎ IActuallyContributeToSociety talk contribs‎ m 33,469 bytes +14‎ Added some grammar Tag: Reverted

curprev 07:4807:48, 21 March 2022‎ SmokeyJoe talk contribs‎ 33,455 bytes −49‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: per WP:LINKBOX. With 90 day pageviews 867, 710, 2934, 887, 590, only WP:BURDEN is justified to be the advertised shortcut to this section. All shortcuts will still work.

curprev 21:3621:36, 11 March 2022‎ Levivich talk contribs‎ 33,504 bytes −163‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: Removing recent bold addition that contradicts WP:SILENCE and does not accurately document current consensus (which is that silence *is* consensus, albeit the weakest form); consensus is needed for such a major change to WP:V, per WP:PGCHANGE Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
curprev 16:5616:56, 11 March 2022‎ SPECIFICO talk contribs‎ m 33,667 bytes −3‎ →‎Other issues
curprev 16:5516:55, 11 March 2022‎ SPECIFICO talk contribs‎ 33,670 bytes +12‎ →‎Other issues: This has been discuused extensively with no consensus as to whether or how to relate it to ONUS.

curprev 16:3416:34, 2 March 2022‎ Loafiewa talk contribs‎ 33,658 bytes −29‎ rm circular WLs

curprev 23:2323:23, 25 February 2022‎ Hemiauchenia talk contribs‎ 33,687 bytes +154‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: Seen many issues regarding this, best to clarify here
curprev 14:5614:56, 25 February 2022‎ North8000 talk contribs‎ 33,533 bytes −157‎ Undid revision 1073220973 by GavriilaDmitriev (talk) Thanks but needs to go to talk. IMO too specialized, and not germane to the section that it is in. Tag: Undo

curprev 16:1416:14, 21 February 2022‎ GavriilaDmitriev talk contribs‎ 33,690 bytes +157‎ Add Github and Gitlab so future readers are able to find those within this policy Tag: Reverted

curprev 20:4620:46, 19 January 2022‎ Frostly talk contribs‎ 33,533 bytes +56‎ Add redirect to hatnote.

curprev 01:3701:37, 7 January 2022‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 33,477 bytes +46‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: See talk page Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 19:4519:45, 3 January 2022‎ Mathglot talk contribs‎ 33,431 bytes +45‎ Drop VE refname cruft ":0" and replace with a rational named ref throughout.

curprev 22:3122:31, 31 December 2021‎ Sangdeboeuf talk contribs‎ 33,386 bytes +11‎ →‎What counts as a reliable source: "Magazines" --> "Mainstream magazines"; not all magazines are reliable; see e.g. WP:ROLLINGSTONEPOLITICS

curprev 20:1920:19, 29 December 2021‎ KoA talk contribs‎ 33,375 bytes +10‎ →‎Self-published sources: add wikilink

curprev 12:1812:18, 21 December 2021‎ Citation bot talk contribs‎ 33,365 bytes +14‎ Add: pmid. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Paloappie | #UCB_webform

curprev 18:5618:56, 10 December 2021‎ WhatamIdoing talk contribs‎ 33,351 bytes +2‎ Rv misquotation Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 11:1411:14, 10 December 2021‎ Bon courage talk contribs‎ m 33,349 bytes −7‎ →‎Quoting: redundant
curprev 11:1111:11, 10 December 2021‎ Bon courage talk contribs‎ m 33,356 bytes −3‎ →‎Access to sources: it means this I think

curprev 23:1123:11, 13 November 2021‎ IdiosyncraticLawyer talk contribs‎ 33,359 bytes −75‎ Spelling and grammar. Note that I made a similar edit to the NPOV article but forgot to include a summary. Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 01:1201:12, 9 November 2021‎ Alexander Davronov talk contribs‎ 33,434 bytes +11‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations

curprev 17:5417:54, 7 November 2021‎ Chris troutman talk contribs‎ 33,423 bytes −4‎ Undid revision 1054036600 by Locke Cole (talk) this is not how you vent frustration about capitalizing the "o" in "of" Tag: Undo
curprev 17:5117:51, 7 November 2021‎ Locke Cole talk contribs‎ 33,427 bytes +4‎ RIP WP:V / 2005–2021 / Undone by a WP:LOCALCON at Talk:Cost of Living (Star Trek: The Next Generation), thank you for ~16 years of keeping Wikipedia accurate, but it was only a matter of time before people chose stylistic reasons over what our sources actually say. The encyclopedia will be worse in your absence. Tag: Reverted

curprev 13:1113:11, 11 October 2021‎ StrokeOfMidnight talk contribs‎ 33,423 bytes +14‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: broke up a sentence for readability; otherwise "should" may inadvertently refer to "Consensus"

curprev 03:1203:12, 9 October 2021‎ Oshwah talk contribs‎ m 33,409 bytes 0‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: Include the "the" in the bold lettering.

curprev 13:4613:46, 5 October 2021‎ StrokeOfMidnight talk contribs‎ 33,409 bytes −9‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: (1) "it" unintentionally refers to "article" rather than "information"; (2) removing "that it" improves the sentence structure
curprev 13:2213:22, 5 October 2021‎ StrokeOfMidnight talk contribs‎ 33,418 bytes −14‎ →‎Verifiability does not guarantee inclusion: "in an article" used twice in one sentence, with the second usage being redundant

curprev 00:0500:05, 29 September 2021‎ Sangdeboeuf talk contribs‎ 33,432 bytes −9‎ →‎Responsibility for providing citations: "Directly" --> "explicitly" in footnote to match wording used at WP:NOR

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