User:Skipsievert

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Hello Friends. I like the Technate design for North America. The North American Technate TNAT

Thou, Gilgamesh, Let full be thy belly, Of each day make thou a feast of rejoicing-, Day and night dance thou and play! Let thy garments be sparkling fresh, Thy head be washed; bathe thou in water. Pay heed to the little one that holds on to thy hand, Let thy spouse delight in thy bosom! For this is the task of mankind! Epic of Gilgamesh skip sievert (talk) 04:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Verifiability not Truth

Wikipedia is not a forum to promote or educate people about neglected fields. Our standard for inclusion is "Verifiability, not Truth". Facts and citations can be verified; 'truths' are often open to dispute. This principle has allowed a diverse community of editors to work together on Wikipedia to cover a wide spectrum of subjects such as Global warming and the Jesus of Nazareth, for which there is hardly a lack of dispute over 'truth'.

Ideas and theories should not appear on Wikipedia until and unless citations can be provided that show that they have been published in reliable sources that are not self-published.

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Another way to view the principle "verifiability, not truth", is to understand that we as editors, cannot judge what should or shouldn't be in this encyclopedia, and so we look to external authorities (academic journals, textbooks, major newspapers) to guide us. It's no use convincing me, or any of the other editors here on Wikipedia, of the truth of your position. Judgment of what should be in Wikipedia is deferred to external mainstream sources of information. This is one of the bedrock principles upon which Wikipedia is built.