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fact-checker and anti-fringe. A close examination of the content of selected Knowledge articles, their publicly available editing history, as well as the comments made by the editors, allows Steinsson to show that a change in the interpretation of Knowledge’s Neutral Point of View (NPOV) guideline affected the nature of content in its articles. As the interpretation favored by anti-fringe editors became popular, pro-fringe editors faced increasing challenges and began to leave Knowledge. This shift in the balance between pro-fringe and anti-fringe editors, which was a result both of the way editorial disputes were resolved and the exit of pro-fringe editors, made Knowledge gain credibility as a source that debunked myths and controversies and did not promote pseudoscience.

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nonsense is forbidden here, while advocacy of reality isn't forbidden. The push may look the same, but it's allowable to push for reality, but not allowable to push for nonsense. That type of "advocacy" is forbidden. "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. No one is entitled to their own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan. We don't allow OR here, and opinions need to be sourced and attributed, but undeniable facts don't. Those who are so far out in left field as to not understand reality or to consider nonsense to be reality should have a hard time here. --

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from those told by others in several ways: Trump's total rate of lying is higher than for others; He tells 6.6 times as many self-serving lies as kind lies, whereas ordinary people tell 2 times as many self-serving lies as kind lies. 50% of Trump's lies are cruel lies, while it's 1-2% for others. 10% of Trump's lies are kind lies, while it's 25% for others. His lies often "served several purposes simultaneously", and he doesn't "seem to care whether he can defend his lies as truthful".

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books. Now I'm very selective. I used to lug over forty, very heavy, banana boxes of books around the world whenever we moved. (I have lived in six countries.) No more of that! Now I am picking very carefully, and Amazon, eBay, Goodwill, and local thrift stores and used book stores love me. I now have almost 800 books in my library. For some, that's a small number, but for me it's fine as they are chosen carefully. I still watch out for new additions.

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their charitable activities, but we already mention that and their charity balls and support of the arts. It's minimal and mostly directed at things which benefit other wealthy. Big deal. Their political activities do exist and need coverage. They learned long ago that democracy (one vote per man) does not work in their favor, so they are all about using their money to subvert it, and some editors wittingly or unwittingly aid them.

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I have had the pleasure of having my wife accompany me on one hunt, and sharing in all the details of the hunt, IOW sweat, lots of climbing and hiking, nerves, caution, patience, excitement, blood and guts, carrying, etc.. 11672: 9682: 9644: 8463:.. is you don't provide any sources. Anecdotes, like yours, are not evidence, nor is anything you said. Knowledge is not about trying to determine the truth, but putting together an encyclopedia of stuff that other sources have amassed. Those who try to promote their agenda, their view, are against the NPOV which is the standard for Knowledge articles. This is why original research is prohibited. 9528: 2689:{{cite news | title=Trump Received Unsubstantiated Report That Russia Had Damaging Information About Him | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-intelligence.html | date=January 10, 2017 | first1=Scott | last1=Shane | first2=Adam | last2=Goldman | first3=Matthew | last3=Rosenberg | first4=Fake 4th | last4=Name | newspaper=] | access-date=January 11, 2017}}</ref> 9602: 11597: 10850: 10109: 3658: 110: 9736: 8788:"Science is best defined as a careful, disciplined, logical search for knowledge about any and all aspects of the universe, obtained by examination of the best available evidence and always subject to correction and improvement upon discovery of better evidence. What's left is magic. And it doesn't work. Science cannot solve everything, but the alternatives really solve nothing." - 5199:, wrote: "All Presidents lie.... But Donald Trump is in a different category. The sheer frequency, spontaneity and seeming irrelevance of his lies have no precedent.... Trump seems to lie for the pure joy of it. A whopping 70 percent of Trump’s statements that PolitiFact checked during the campaign were false, while only 4 percent were completely true, and 11 percent mostly true." 4692:"When opinions are clearly factual, and the opposing views are fringe ones pushed mostly by unreliable sources, we state the facts and ignore the fringe by giving the fringe the weight it deserves, in some cases no mention at all. Framing factual opinions as mere "opinions" poisons the well and serves to undermine the factual nature of the content. It would serve to frame facts as 973: 11459: 689: 9612:, which means we strive for articles that advocate no single point of view. Sometimes this requires representing multiple points of view; presenting each point of view accurately; providing context for any given point of view, so that readers understand whose view the point represents; and presenting no one point of view as "the truth" or "the best view". It means citing 11779: 7783:: The consensus is that it may be used as a source under the same rules and precautions that govern the use of any other RS. It is an obviously notable source that is highly regarded by the mainstream (no criticisms) and villified by the fringe/alternative side, which is to be expected -- it exposes their unscientific practices, scams, and other illegal activities. 7613:. Basically it means that content and sources should be moved or tweaked, rather than deleted. Don't trash the work of editors who have, in good faith, worked hard to build Knowledge. Find a way to use that content and the sources somewhere at Knowledge. At the very least, park that content on the talk page where other editors might find a good way to use it. 814: 1527:- you've done an incredible job working hard at working together. The section is coming together without any edit wars; there've been no personal remarks and in general, everyone has been incredibly civil and helpful. This is a very impressive way to turn things around - feel free to yank this barnstar and put it in your own user space :) 9241:? Specifically the "Undue weight" section. I've seen articles where criticism makes up 80% of the word count of the article. Obviously 80% is too high, but there's no magic number, how much criticism really can or should be included will vary from article to article. A criticism policy would probably be redundant to NPOV, but there's an essay at 704: 729: 4710:"Claims made with misleading evidence or no evidence whatsoever--especially in political contexts--should always be referred to as 'false' when they are utterly unfounded. If any evidence ever emerges for Seth Rich's involvement--or for any captive koalas--then another term should be considered." -- FatGandhi 15:50, 5 November 2018 (UTC) 824: 917: 8672:

largely irrelevant except for historical purposes and cultural interest. As believers in science and evidence, we must focus on fundamental issues-namely, the patient, the target disease or condition, the proposed or practiced treatment, and the need for convincing data on safety and therapeutic efficacy." - Fontanarosa P.B., and

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The way forward in such cases is as suggested -- to build up what's lacking, not to exercise bad faith towards other editors by deleting their hard work. Bad people or subjects should not be whitewashed by deleting valid and well-sourced information. Suppression of opposing POV is a very unwikipedian

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It shouldn't be difficult to include facts about proven reality, and it should be difficult to include fringe POV as if they were reality. If fringe POV pushers want to edit here, they should have a hard row to hoe, and shouldn't be allowed to make life difficult for pushers of reality. "Advocacy" of

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If CBS or CNN or any real News outlet does a story, and you think they are wrong, you don't get to delete the story reference. If another credible source disagrees, you put that in as a counter. I know, some idiots think they should be the arbitrators of what is allowed to be read on the Internet.

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A collection of spinal manipulation research abstracts, news reports and other commentaries, with special emphasis on risks, plus some other interesting sources. Some sources on the related subjects of Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Osteopathic medicine, and Osteopathy are also included. Some are of

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A home without any books is a sad place, so that book started my now-limited and budding collection of favorite books. All my medical textbooks, in at least five languages, are gone. My long shelf of different Bible versions also burned well. I have no plans for resuming any large-scale collecting of

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For controversial subjects, with editors on both sides of the issue, this can still end up with an unbalanced article. In scientific and medical matters this is because the scientists usually have better sources and are better at presenting their arguments than the quacks, pseudoscientists, and true

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in the real world isn't just about images or pornography, but often about suppression of political POV (think China, North Korea, USA, and Iran), and that's the type we are seeing here. It's extremely unwikipedian and undemocratic. In this instance it is an extension of the Koch brothers' well known

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We should just follow what RS say, and that will usually be "anti-Trump" and factual. That's just the way it works. At other times and with other presidents it might be otherwise. He just happens to be on the wrong side of facts much of the time, and since RS document that, it appears they are being

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Steinsson traces the change in the content of English Knowledge over time to suggest that the combination of ambiguous institutional rules and certain editors leaving the site helped Knowledge transition from being a source that hosted pro-fringe discourse to one that gained credibility as an active

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fortunately(?) (or not....others with greater wisdom have seen fit to make the rules) the NPOV policy requires that all significant POV be presented, which automatically means that what one person considers to be the truth will be presented, and what that same person believes to be error, will also

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sought to answer the question of how Trump could get away with making so many false statements and still maintain support among his followers. He proposed that "Trump is telling 'blue' lies—a psychologist's term for falsehoods, told on behalf of a group, that can actually strengthen the bonds among

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Editors who follow this practice can independently find a source, format the ref, and end up with nearly identically formatted refs, with the same ref name, thus reducing the likelihood of reusing the same source. This is a very common problem. When a source is used in an article, it should only be

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The same thing which applies to pseudoscience and other fringe subjects applies here. If we don't do this, their abuses extend to Knowledge, and their real world political activities, much of which they seek to hide, are not covered at all. Arzel and others continually harp about our need to cover

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Author, social scientist, and researcher Bella DePaulo, an expert on the psychology of lying, stated: "I study liars. I've never seen one like President Trump." Trump outpaced "even the biggest liars in our research." She compared the research on lying with his lies, finding that his lies differed

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My goal here (especially regarding chiropractic) is to contribute to the best article about chiropractic ever written. Most articles suffer from being one-sided. Skeptical articles write only from the skeptical viewpoint, and articles written by most chiropractors and associations naturally write

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Until that research is done, claims of effectiveness are uncertain, unusual claims of effectiveness doubly so, and consequently the marketing of products and practicing of methods based on such uncertain, unusual, and undocumented claims may be unethical, possibly dangerous, and often illegal. --

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There is only scientifically proven, evidence-based medicine supported by solid data or unproven medicine, for which scientific evidence is lacking. Whether a therapeutic practice is 'Eastern' or 'Western,' is unconventional or mainstream, or involves mind-body techniques or molecular genetics is

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and I don't want to see him blocked or banned ever. While I recognize that the joy of Knowledge is always taking comments out of context I will say this: there are a number of editors who are currently active on Knowledge with whom I have come in contact whom I believe should be shown the door. I

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that, in his six years on the job, "'there's no comparison' between Trump and other politicians. Kessler says politicians' statements get his worst rating — four Pinocchios — 15 percent to 20 percent of the time. Clinton is about 15 percent. Trump is 63 percent to 65 percent." Kessler also wrote:

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I agree with Blacken's sentiment. While too much criticism makes my eyes squint while reading any article, I could not be crass enough to go and edit 30% of it out just to balance the article. In this case building up arguments in favor rather than demolishing down negative arguments is a good

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Knowledge editors should consider it scandalous if a reader, after reading an article here, discovers totally new or unfamiliar significant information on the subject outside of Knowledge. They should become so familiar with the subject here that they will not be surprised by, unprepared for, or

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codifies this. Of course minority or fringe viewpoints can be represented and covered, but advocates who relentlessly push for favorable treatment of widely discredited fringe viewpoints and refuse to bow to any sort of consensus or Knowledge policy don't last long (or rather, they shouldn't but

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POV. This policy ensures that a subject is covered from all angles, and that readers not only hear "the truth,", but also learn about dissenting viewpoints. That's what makes this an encyclopedia, rather than a sales brochure. As you may have noted, I still think it's fine to write from one POV

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If all the information is available, from all the credible sources, then that is the knowledge on a subject. Those who want to edit out sources, and decide what is true, rather than let the reader have all the facts, are trying to promote their view, not help build a 💕. You know who you are.

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This form of "undue weight" is an inevitable result of the "notability" policy for inclusion. Some people and subjects are notable because they are notorious. This automatically results in a large amount of negative information, since most of the verifiable information from reliable sources is

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purely historical interest and others present the latest evidence. They are kept here as a resource for editing articles. This list is far from exhaustive. It is currently organized by year, for lack of a better system, which has the immediate benefit of helping to avoid duplication.

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both POV." Let the reader take sides after reading all viewpoints on the subject. In the end, readers will end up making their own decision as to what is the "truth" of the matter, and just like editors from various POV, those opinions will likely be at odds with each other.

7803:. Having sent a few emails to Barrett and received no or unpleasant responses does not create a COI. I have never had anything to do with the website, and it's been over 12 years since I had anything to do with, or any contact with, a healthfraud discussion group or Barrett. 714: 754: 7656:. Since Fox News is on their side, mainstream coverage is limited, because they are successful at hiding and manipulating any coverage of their activities. Therefore any reliable sources from the opposing side (usually activists) are fair game for use as sources (per 9317:

negative. Other information would be original research or from unacceptable sources. That's life. As long as the information is properly sourced and worded in an NPOV manner (simply presenting the POV, without advocating or attacking it), then there's no problem.

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as "subjective & personal," is not because I don't believe some truths are objective facts, but because in controversial issues, both sides believe that their opinion is based on objectively true facts. Since "the threshold for inclusion in Knowledge is

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to the mainstream POV, the basic POV of the quack view should be stated succinctly, without promotion or advocacy, and the mainstream skeptical view should be stated very clearly so as to make it clear that the subject is deprecated by the mainstream.

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from a promotional viewpoint. There is nothing wrong with that, but Knowledge deserves and requires much more. There is much to write about this fascinating subject, and readers should feel that they have been well-informed by the finished product.

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Fact checkers have kept a close tally of his falsehoods, and, according to one study, the rate of false statements has increased, with the percentage of his words that are part of a false claim rising over the course of his presidency. According to

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Trump's presidency started out with a series of falsehoods initiated by Trump himself. The day after his inauguration, he falsely accused the media of lying about the size of the inauguration crowd. Then he proceeded to exaggerate the size, and

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Evidence-based methods are effective, and effective methods should be evidence-based. If a method appears to be effective, then it should be possible to prove it. If the research has not been done yet, it should be. We must remember that

4728:"My 'attitude', and that of Knowledge (arrived at through consensus) is that we don't write about bullcrap except in articles on the subject of bullcrap - and when we do we say 'this is bullcrap' in big shiny letters..." -- AndyTheGrump 734: 2786:. There are handy substitutes for "newspaper": you may equivalently use "magazine" or the generic "work" (which I tend to use because it's shorter and always valid). It's also nice to link to the article of the cited newspaper, such as 9769:

This page describes Knowledge's fundamental principles. These principles predate the creation of this page. It is sometimes said that all or most policy is based upon this page, but most policy also predates the creation of this page.

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Here are just a few of the myriad RS (I have saved literally hundreds of very RS on the subject) which document Trump's dubious relationship to truth (completely off-the-charts, beyond anything fact checkers have ever encountered):

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used with one ref name. The URL should only appear once. When I have time, I will often search the page for that URL and then harmonize the refs so there is only one full ref, and the rest will only use the same and best ref name.

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wrote: "The falsehoods and distortions uttered by Trump and his senior officials have particularly inflamed journalists and have been challenged — resulting in a growing prominence of 'fact-checkers' and investigative reporting."

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They are not only stupid, they are small minded. To them, I always say, you are not the authority. You don't get to decide. Get a clue and quit trying to control information. It is not your job to censor the Internet.

6446: 809: 4924:"...what's even more amazing than a President who is averaging -- repeat: averaging -- more than eight untruths a day is this: Trump's penchant for saying false things is exponentially increasing as his presidency wears on." 2316: 5432:"Throughout President Trump's first 100 days, the Fact Checker team will be tracking false and misleading claims made by the president since Jan. 20. In the 33 days so far, we've counted 132 false or misleading claims." 8881:"A habit of basing convictions upon evidence, and of giving to them only that degree of certainty which the evidence warrants, would, if it became general, cure most of the ills from which this world is suffering." - 804: 769: 2769:

This is good practice indeed. I also like that you use some breathing space between parameters, that makes citations much easier to read and update. Let me suggest an improvement: when you cite a newspaper, replace

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Serious and respected encyclopedias and reference works are generally expected to provide overviews of scientific topics that are in line with respected scientific thought. Knowledge aspires to be such a respected

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Presented to BullRangifer on September 25, 2006 for your tireless persistence in editing with precision and style and defending the difficult articles while encouraging others to do the same. A true wikipedian!

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There is alot of debate in talk pages about handling a criticism section. I feel it is important to address this issue specifficaly. I think there needs to be a policy on how you address sections like this.

5164:, Trump uttered "at least one false or misleading claim per day on 91 of his first 99 days" in office, 1,318 total in his first 263 days in office according to the "Fact Checker" political analysis column of 2657:. Retrieved December 24, 2017. "At first, obtaining intelligence from Moscow went well. For around six months—during the first half of the year—Steele was able to make inquiries in Russia with relative ease." 784: 7509: 5172:, or an average of 5.5 per day. After 558 days in office, the tally was at 4,229 false or misleading claims, and it had risen to an average of 7.6 per day from 4.9 during Trump's first 100 days in office. 9189:

What can we conclude from all this? That the NPOV policy is not about preserving or protecting my POV, but about presenting all significant POV, which is what's required for making a great encyclopedia!

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For your time, patience and calmness with people, Compared to me atleast you have the patience of a saint and so I wanted to say thank you for always being so patient and calm with everyone :),

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I award the Resilient Barnstar to BullRangifer for his continual good nature and his willingness to persist in improving Knowledge despite continual personal attacks. It's great to have you here.

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across any language of Knowledge. Thank you so much for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date medical information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do!

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Once a treatment has been tested rigorously, it no longer matters whether it was considered alternative at the outset. If it is found to be reasonably safe and effective, it will be accepted." -

7780: 5156:, we should "just assume Trump's always lying and fact check him backwards" because he's a "habitual liar". In general, news organizations have been hesitant to label these statements as "lies". 834: 779: 4797:"Trump's latest Hannity interview shows how Fox News's Russia coverage is disconnected from reality. They want you to believe Clinton colluded with Russia to defeat herself." -- Aaron Rupar 5645: 2603: 2798:. Finally, ISO date is better practice because of the confusion that often arises between US and British ordering of months and days. Hope this helps; feel free to discard this message. — 3416:. The principles of honesty, integrity, humility, generosity, kindness, selflessness, simplicity, heroism, and social justice found in the Bible are portrayed in a much clearer manner in 2002: 6257: 6229: 6175: 5455:

The Star's Washington Bureau Chief, Daniel Dale, has been following Donald Trump's campaign for months. He has fact checked thousands of statements and found hundreds of falsehoods:

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Trump's incessant attacks on the media, reliable sources, and truth have kept an army of fact checkers busy, the latter having never encountered a more deceptive public person.

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At first, obtaining intelligence from Moscow went well. For around six months—during the first half of the year—Steele was able to make inquiries in Russia with relative ease.

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The following comment points out something that needs to be taken care of before Knowledge can ever hope to be considered a reliable source by its own and other's standards:

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A bull reindeer is a truly majestic animal, and reindeer/caribou "may well be the species of single greatest importance in the entire anthropological literature on hunting":

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and no individual controls any specific article; therefore, any writing you contribute can be mercilessly edited and redistributed at will by the community. Do not submit

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I don't see why valid critical arguments must be deleted because they're overwhelming. Come up with more information to balance them out, don't delete valid information.

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he knows more than all the experts, and "No one has suffered as many fools as Trump has. But this is to be expected when a 'very stable genius' leads a 'stupid country'."

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There is no reason why an editor cannot contribute in a NPOV fashion just because they have a POV in real life. And everyone has a POV, now don’t they? But just as

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Here are a few of Trump's notable claims which fact checkers have rated false: that Obama wasn't born in the United States and that Hillary Clinton started the

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Now, look at the product below in the collapsed "Sources" box. You'll see that the ref name has no effect on the actual result. All authors are still listed.

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in National Reporting for his coverage of Trump's claimed charitable giving and casting "doubt on Donald Trump's assertions of generosity toward charities."

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Look, the fact is that advocates of fringe or minoritarian viewpoints have a tough road to hoe on Knowledge. This is supposed to be a serious encyclopedia.

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For continued handling of contentious areas in a helpful and civil manner, and especially for the ability to find and encourage solutions to disputes.

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has published a series of 14 essays entitled "Trump and the Truth". They "examine the untruths that have fueled Donald Trump's Presidential campaign."

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I know that this is offensive to some very religious people, but if I had to choose a book to give someone, and I had to choose between the Bible and

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The attempts one sometimes sees by certain skeptics to AfD quack articles are often attempts at deletionism which violate the principles of the

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In keeping with our purpose to build (add), rather than break down (delete), the encyclopedia, we have an editing policy to follow. It's called

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Never forget you are a valuable editor and human being, and we all would miss you if something were to befall you. so take care of yourself.

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Those who fight to restrict information, are the enemy of knowledge. Those who want to spin things their way, are the opposite of a NPOV.

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I used to own the book, CDs, and DVDs of the movie and musical in several languages. I even found an ancient 12-volume leather-bound set of

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believers, who don't have very good sources (just anecdotes or hate sites), and whose arguments are often filled with logical fallacies.

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I retract the bit about "every person I'm in conflict with". A lot of conflict is good and I'm happy for it. I just had a conflict with

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It is also the mark of a good Knowledge editor, to be able to understand and present various POV, including those he finds distasteful.

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used several pseudonyms: Monsieur Madeleine, Iltime Fauchelevent, Monsieur Leblanc, Urbain Fabre, or 24601 and 9430 prisoner numbers.

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Senior administration officials have also regularly given false, misleading or tortured statements to the media. By May 2017,

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The point? If you write something, you have the burden of proof to defend it. Silence and stonewalling are not legitimate options.

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As Trump rapidly accelerates the rate of his false statements, one suspects he is following the advice of his friend and advisor,

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I've never seen an editor go above and beyond to help another Wikipedian on the topic of fringe personal beliefs like you did for

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This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than

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reported that the repeated untruths by senior officials made it difficult for the media to take official statements seriously.

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has some history that should be connected with it. Unfortunately it isn't possible to attach notes to a block log, so I do it

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As president, Trump has frequently made false statements in public speeches and remarks, and experience teaches that, quoting

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If you have any additional sources, suggestions for improvement or personal comments, please use the talk page. Thanks. --

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the members of that group.... From this perspective, lying is a feature, not a bug, of Trump's campaign and presidency."

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Editorial Board wrote a seven-part series about Trump's dishonesty, starting with the article "Our Dishonest President".

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in early 19th-century France feature in this beautifully faithful retelling of one of the world's most beloved stories."

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incorporating elements of general encyclopedias, specialized encyclopedias, and almanacs. All articles must follow our

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of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title.

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For your contributions to medicine and science articles, and those articles that would otherwise make claim to be

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unfamiliar with any issues or information outside of Knowledge. They should be able to respond with "Duh! Didn't

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Knowledge is not to be used to un-brainwash the masses. We inform the masses about...attempts to brainwash them.

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is an associate dean at Loyola Law School and was a deputy assistant U.S. attorney general from 2015 to 2017.

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In science, any compromise between a correct statement and an incorrect statement is an incorrect statement."

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in Copenhagen, a great city for old books and cultural events, where we also saw the musical in the round

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To BullRangifer, for being a scientist in the very best meaning of the word; been proud to work with you

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To BullRangifer: for fairness and knowing your stuff. Sincere thanks for all your contributions here.

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article. It is now implemented and hopefully will improve even further in the near future. Great job!

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A poll in May 2018 found that "just 13 percent of Americans consider Trump honest and trustworthy".

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I have desired a username change for some time, and after some waiting, it has finally happened.

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That doesn't mean we will include it, just that we should consider its suitability for inclusion.

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For your contributions to Knowledge and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted

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Thank you for filling me in on the information I was unaware of. It's nice to meet you. Cheers,

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I removed text that seemed to violate the BLP policy. The editor who made the content objected,

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When there are four or more authors, I list the first one in the ref name and then add et_al:

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The importance of proper communication and response to queries for explanations is important.

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The president's power does not extend to shutting down or threatening social media platforms.

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The following comment has been allowed to remain on my talk page because I think it's good:

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opinion which can be ignored, and frame debunked conspiracy theories as factual." -- Valjean

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Aliases: Monsieur Leblanc, Monsieur Madeleine, Ultime Fauchelevent, Urbain Fabre, Prisoner

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That includes opinions, beliefs, lies, conspiracy theories, pseudoscientific nonsense, etc.

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For doing some great, painstaking copyediting on several articles. Keep up the good work!

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That's illegal. It's not something he can do. We do have the First Amendment in the US....

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Below are a few quotes that express some of the guiding principles behind my skepticism:

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My fingerprints are still in our most important and fundamental policies and guidelines,

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Stelter, Brian; Bernstein, Carl; Sullivan, Margaret; Zurawik, David (August 26, 2018).

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backed up his claims. When Spicer was accused of intentionally misstating the figures,

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for good janitorial work, shown by adding an appropriate and much-needed image to this

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would, if it became general, cure most of the ills from which this world is suffering."

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We are mostly concerned with the latter as documenting what is true is not always easy,

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Here's another interesting comment I found by chance. Note the significant wikilinks:

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and found little evidence the claims are true. Following Fahrenthold's reporting, the

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A few of the articles I have entirely written, started, or added significant content:

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In the context of what seemed to be a BLP violation, which requires immediate removal,

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Timelines related to Donald Trump and Russian interference in United States elections

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Book of All Knowledge with Secret Appendix, Free Errata Sheet, and Author's Signature

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Request to amend prior case: Knowledge:Requests for arbitration/Barrett v. Rosenthal

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Kiely, Eugene; Robertson, Lori; Farley, Robert; Gore, D'Angelo (December 20, 2017).

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How Conflicts and Population Loss Led to the Rise of English Knowledge’s Credibility

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Shane, Scott; Goldman, Adam; Rosenberg, Matthew; Name, Fake 4th (January 10, 2017).

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Shane, Scott; Goldman, Adam; Rosenberg, Matthew; Name, Fake 4th (January 10, 2017).

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The worst-case scenario is that they don't have the courage to tell him to go away,

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practices to benefit Trump, his family, and businesses. Fahrenthold won the 2017

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and various attempts to escape from prison. Valjean is also known in the novel as

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we don't accept him as a source in Knowledge for random things he says on Twitter.

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This may well include documenting what each side thinks of the other side's POV.

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We have a group of admins who are very strict and firm on what can be entered....

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and of giving to them only that degree of certainty which the evidence warrants,

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be presented. Naturally the other side sees it exactly the same way, but from

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Time to stop counting Trump's lies. We've hit the total for 'compulsive liar.'

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I have personally harvested 16 reindeer. Excellent flavor and very lean meat.

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The good doctor brings up a good point, because editors who are unwilling to

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that they begin to adapt their policies to his whims because he's a lunatic."

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On 14:30, March 23, 2020‎, Turkmen moved User:BullRangifer to User:Valjean.

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Ye Hee Lee, Michelle; Kessler, Glenn; Shapiro, Leslie (February 21, 2017).

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This is for all the kindness and help you have given to me and others. --

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he does have a brilliant legal mind. Here's an example of great reasoning:

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true are easily verifiable, and we also document things that are not true.

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took this telling sideswipe at Trump when commenting on the unfitness of

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Jean Valjean's Nightmare: Rehabilitation and Redemption in Les Miserables

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was born of one of the riskiest—and shrewdest—deals in publishing history

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yet somehow Kevin McCarthy lost the speaker's race with 85% of the vote."

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will also unabashedly say that I intend to help showing them that door.

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Reading a comment like this makes me feel very humble and appreciative:

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after a hard journey through arbitration. Here's to a strong comeback!

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and people's ideas of what is true are often subjective and conflicting.

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free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing."

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know that already? I knew that because I always read Knowledge first!"

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This user believes in tolerance for all viewpoints except intolerance.

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Professor Robert Prentice summarized the views of many fact checkers:

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For pushing through trials and tribulations to become a better editor

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Just hold your mouse pointer over each barnstar to read each greeting.

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with editors that you're not going to convince to your point of view.

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convinced Donald Trump won the presidency in 2020 with 47% of the vote

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Lee, Michelle Ye Hee; Kessler, Glenn; Kelly, Meg (October 10, 2017).

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Examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the

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on the English Knowledge to work on and discuss. Act in good faith,

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2. I don't have to believe in it for it to work." - David Ramey, DVM

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President Trump has made more than 5,000 false or misleading claims.

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President Trump has made more than 5,000 false or misleading claims

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It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and

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It's the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the

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Opinion: How Knowledge is misused to censor real world information

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Kessler, Glenn; Rizzo, Salvador; Kelly, Meg (September 13, 2018).

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Kessler, Glenn; Rizzo, Salvador; Kelly, Meg (September 13, 2018).

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Science & EBM versus so-Called "Alternative" Medicine (sCAM)

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Hirschfeld Davis, Julie; Rosenberg, Matthew (January 21, 2017).

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Things that "Led to the Rise of English Knowledge’s Credibility"

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Discard it? Heck no! I'm keeping this great message. Thanks. --

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the Resilient Barnstar for starting a new article that got into

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Kessler, Glenn; Rizzo, Salvador; Kelly, Meg (August 1, 2018).

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I'm awarding you this barnstar for your help in rewriting the

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decreases with every level of indentation in the discussion."

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Gowdy continued. "This small band of Republican kamikazes are

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outside of Knowledge. There is certainly a place for that."

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Thank you for helping me deal with stalking and harassment.

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is the equivalent of 'true scientific discourse.' It isn't."

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For your assistance in the recent Certifiedallergist case.

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