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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. | * '''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. | ||
Revision as of 05:24, 6 January 2014
Usage
{{ArbCom Pseudoscience}}
This template should be used on the talk pages of pages relating to pseudoscience and fringe science, broadly interpreted.
Non-administrators should be cautious when placing this notice on pages which are not clearly related to the topic area.
| The above documentation is transcluded from Template:ArbCom Pseudoscience/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |