One of the keys to writing good encyclopedia articles is to understand
that they must refer only to facts, assertions, theories, ideas, claims,
opinions, and arguments that have already been published by reputable
publishers.
The goal of Wikipedia is to become a complete and reliable encyclopedia.
Editors should cite reliable sources so that their edits may be verified
by readers and other editors.
"Verifiability" in this context does not mean that editors are expected
to verify whether, for example, the contents of a New York Times article
are true. In fact, editors are strongly discouraged from conducting this
kind of research, because original research may not be published in
Wikipedia.
Articles should contain only material that has been published by reliable
sources, regardless of whether individual editors view that material as
true or false.
The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is thus verifiability, not
truth.
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Wikipedia requires that edits be verifiable. However Wikipedia cannot,
nor does it attempt to, verify that each edit is true.
The three statements quoted in the Wikipedia Article:Yahweh, that said
that theophoric prefixes or suffixes can be derived from "YaHWeH", had
been published in reputable sources, and thus met Wikipedia's
"Verifiability, not truth" policy.
Whether or not the three statements quoted were accurate, is a separate
issue.
Dave Donnelly
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