Comment by tptacek
1 day ago
A reliable source (WP:RS). The encyclopedia is about the citations; it's a travel atlas to the sources about a subject. Any conclusions the encyclopedia draws "itself" are secondary to the sources.
1 day ago
A reliable source (WP:RS). The encyclopedia is about the citations; it's a travel atlas to the sources about a subject. Any conclusions the encyclopedia draws "itself" are secondary to the sources.
Who decides which sources are reliable?
Have you tried spending some time researching how Wikipedia works yourself instead of waiting for someone to spoon feed you?
No, I merely being sarcastic, because I know it's all boils down to power. Just ask yourself, why different language wikipedias diverge on some hot topics.
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Read WP:RS. It's a very complicated answer, and one of the most important policy processes in the project.