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|{{anchor|Notice}}<center><big>'''[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience|Arbitration Committee Decisions on Pseudoscience]]'''</center></big>
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<div style="text-align:center"><big>'''[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience|Arbitration Committee Decisions on Pseudoscience]]'''</big></div>
  
 
The [[WP:ARB|Arbitration Committee]] has issued [[Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Arbitration_cases|several principles]] which may be helpful to editors of this and other articles when dealing with subjects and categories related to "[[pseudoscience]]".
 
The [[WP:ARB|Arbitration Committee]] has issued [[Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Arbitration_cases|several principles]] which may be helpful to editors of this and other articles when dealing with subjects and categories related to "[[pseudoscience]]".
  
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Fringe_science#Scientific_focus|Scientific focus]]:''' [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|Wikipedia is an encyclopedia]] and its content on scientific and quasi-scientific topics will primarily reflect current mainstream [[scientific consensus]].
 
* '''[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Fringe_science#Scientific_focus|Scientific focus]]:''' [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|Wikipedia is an encyclopedia]] and its content on scientific and quasi-scientific topics will primarily reflect current mainstream [[scientific consensus]].
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Serious_encyclopedias|Serious encyclopedias]]:''' Serious and respected encyclopedias and reference works are generally expected to provide overviews of scientific topics that are in line with respected scientific thought. Wikipedia aspires to be such a respected work.
 
* '''[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Serious_encyclopedias|Serious encyclopedias]]:''' Serious and respected encyclopedias and reference works are generally expected to provide overviews of scientific topics that are in line with respected scientific thought. Wikipedia aspires to be such a respected work.
  
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* '''1. [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Obvious_pseudoscience|Obvious pseudoscience]]:''' Theories which, while purporting to be scientific, are obviously bogus may be so labeled and [[:Category:Pseudoscience|categorized as such]] without more justification.
 
* '''1. [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Obvious_pseudoscience|Obvious pseudoscience]]:''' Theories which, while purporting to be scientific, are obviously bogus may be so labeled and [[:Category:Pseudoscience|categorized as such]] without more justification.
 
* '''2. [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Generally_considered_pseudoscience|Generally considered pseudoscience]]:'''  Theories which have a following, such as [[astrology]], but which are generally considered pseudoscience by the scientific community, may properly contain that information and may be [[:Category:Pseudoscience|categorized as pseudoscience]].
 
* '''2. [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Generally_considered_pseudoscience|Generally considered pseudoscience]]:'''  Theories which have a following, such as [[astrology]], but which are generally considered pseudoscience by the scientific community, may properly contain that information and may be [[:Category:Pseudoscience|categorized as pseudoscience]].
 
* '''3. [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Questionable_science|Questionable science]]:''' Theories which have a substantial following, such as [[psychoanalysis]], but which some critics allege to be pseudoscience, may contain information to that effect, but generally should not be so characterized.
 
* '''3. [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Questionable_science|Questionable science]]:''' Theories which have a substantial following, such as [[psychoanalysis]], but which some critics allege to be pseudoscience, may contain information to that effect, but generally should not be so characterized.
* '''4. [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Alternative theoretical formulations|Alternative theoretical formulations]]: '''Alternative theoretical formulations which have a following within the scientific community are not pseudoscience, but part of the scientific process.
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* '''4. [[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Alternative theoretical formulations|Alternative theoretical formulations]]:''' Alternative theoretical formulations which have a following within the scientific community are not pseudoscience, but part of the scientific process.
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Latest revision as of 11:26, 23 October 2020

The Arbitration Committee has issued several principles which may be helpful to editors of this and other articles when dealing with subjects and categories related to "pseudoscience".

Principles

Four groups

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