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In the Soul Eater Wikia, Verifiability means that people editing and reading the wikia can check that information comes from a reliable source. The Soul Eater wikia does not publish original research. It's content are determined by previously established information rather then beliefs or experiences of it's editors. To see how to cite citations, see citing sources.
Keep in mind that even if what you post is true, make sure you're able to verify it before adding it to prevent it from being challenge and/or avoid possible problems with adding potentially incorrect information.
What must be verifiable?[]
The following information in the Soul Eater wiki mainspace must be verifable:
- Articles
- Lists
- Captions
- Quotations
Reliable sources[]
The world source in the wikia has 3 meanings:
- The type of work
- The creator of wok
- the publisher of the work.
Any of these 3 factors affect reliaiability. Base articles on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy If at all possible. Source material must have been published, in which means this information has been made available to the public in some form. Unpublished sources are not reliable and is not wanted.
The best sources tend to have a professional stature in place for checking facts among other things. The greater the degree of scrutiny given, the better the source is.
In some cases, there's also the use of material from reliable, non-academic sources. For the Soul Eater wikia, this would most likely be:
- magazines (interviews)
- News