Wikipedia:Verifiability/temp

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The policy:

Articles should contain only material that has been published by reliable sources.
Editors adding new material to an article should cite a reliable source, or it may be challenged or removed by any editor.
The obligation to provide a reliable source lies with the editors wishing to include the material, not on those seeking to remove it.
A reliable source for a claim is one that can withstand a reasonable level of scrutiny.

Wikipedia:Verifiability is one of Wikipedia's four content policies. The other three are Wikipedia:No original research, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. Jointly, these policies determine the type and quality of material that is acceptable in the main namespace. They should not be interpreted in isolation from one another, and editors should try to familiarize themselves with all four. The principles upon which these policies are based are negotiable only at the Foundation level.