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> Verifiability RfC 2012
Michaeldsuarez
post Thu 5th July 2012, 3:57pm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ver...bility/2012_RfC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ver...12_RfC/Comments

"Verifiability, not Truth" is up for discussion once again.
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Michaeldsuarez
post Mon 30th July 2012, 12:35pm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ver...sing_statements

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=504820980

The discussion has been closed, and WP:Verifiability's lead section has been rewritten.
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post Wed 1st August 2012, 1:26pm
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QUOTE(Michaeldsuarez @ Mon 30th July 2012, 1:35pm) *

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ver...sing_statements

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...oldid=504820980

The discussion has been closed, and WP:Verifiability's lead section has been rewritten.


And I still don't even know what the outcome means or what the ramifications could be. The authors of the RFC should have done a much better job of articulating the distinctions between the options.
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post Fri 3rd August 2012, 3:44pm
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QUOTE(everyking @ Wed 1st August 2012, 2:26pm) *

And I still don't even know what the outcome means or what the ramifications could be.

Hey, don't you suppose that's exactly what people intended? If even someone as experienced as you doesn't know the bloody hell what it means, just think what the blighters can do to some poor newbie that crosses them. "What do you mean by inserting that stuff? WP:V! Off with your head!"
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