 | This is an essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. |
 | This page in a nutshell: "Verifiability in reliable sources is absolutely critical. But elevating that to a religion which rejects truth is a huge mistake." - Jimbo |
Our standard for inclusion of content on Wikipedia is verifiability, that is, whether a particular claim has been published by a reliable source. To emphasize this, the phrase "Verifiability, not truth" was created. This was designed to help settle arguments, especially with people who want to insert fringe beliefs or opinions as factual and are willing to edit war over it.
This essay's position is that truth on Wikipedia does matter, and that claiming that it doesn't is at best disingenuous, and at worst, counterproductive to nuanced content dispute conversations.