Myths and Folklore Wiki:Policy/Verifiability

According to Myths and Folklore Wiki's mission, it is our goal to present verifiable information on mythology.

Removing Un-sourced Information
In general, it is a mistake to delete content. Therefore, it is recommended that information that lacks a reputable source be commented out rather than removed.



Citing sources
The burden of evidence lies with the editors who have made an edit or wish an edit to remain. Editors should therefore provide references. Any edit lacking a source may be removed, but do not remove large tracts of information without first giving people a chance to provide references to support their inclusion. If you doubt the accuracy or origin of an unsourced statement that has been in an article for a long time, comment it out and discuss it on the talk page. Alternatively, you may tag the article by adding the, or  templates. If the article has many unsourced statements that have been there a long time, you may request sources on the talk page before removing them, unless the article or information is about a living person, in which case remove the unsourced information. When removing information be very careful to do so politely and with civility.

Sources of dubious reliability
In general, sources of dubious reliability are sources with a poor reputation for fact-checking.

Self-published sources
Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, and then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, personal websites, and blogs are not acceptable as sources. Exceptions may be when a well-known, professional researcher in a relevant field, or a well-known professional journalist, has produced self-published material. In some cases, these may be acceptable as sources, so long as their work has been previously published by credible, third-party publications. However, exercise caution: if the information on the professional researcher's blog is really worth reporting, someone else will have done so.