9.Content in Wikipedia is subject to the laws (in particular copyright
law) in Florida, where Wikipedia servers are hosted, and several
editorial policies and guidelines that are intended to reinforce the
notion that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Each entry in Wikipedia must
be about a topic that is encyclopedic and thus is worthy of inclusion.
A topic is deemed encyclopedic if it is "notable"[39] in the
Wikipedia jargon; i.e., if it has received significant coverage in
secondary reliable sources (i.e., mainstream media or major academic
journals) that are independent of the subject of the topic. Second,
Wikipedia must expose knowledge that is already established and
recognized. In other words, it must not present, for instance,
new information or original works. A claim that is likely to be
challenged requires a reference to reliable sources. Within the
Wikipedia community, this is often phrased as "verifiability, not
truth" to express the idea that the readers are left themselves to
check the truthfulness of what appears in the articles and to make
their own interpretations. Finally, Wikipedia does not take a
side. All opinions and viewpoints, if attributable to external
sources, must enjoy appropriate share of coverage within an article
.Wikipedia editors as a community write and revise those policies
and guidelines and enforce them by deleting, annotating with tags
or modifying article materials failing to meet them.
