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Access to information varies based on both the community's genre and on the position a person has in it. A competitive community make restrict access to tactics, future activities, or training to only those in the relevant teams. A community that hosts servers may restrict access to disciplinary documents because it has personally identifiable information, may make the community look bad when taken out of context, or is otherwise hidden to maintain trust in the community's discretion in handling sensitive matters. | Access to information varies based on both the community's genre and on the position a person has in it. A competitive community make restrict access to tactics, future activities, or training to only those in the relevant teams. A community that hosts servers may restrict access to disciplinary documents because it has personally identifiable information, may make the community look bad when taken out of context, or is otherwise hidden to maintain trust in the community's discretion in handling sensitive matters. | ||
It is plausible that individuals with access such as described above may | It is plausible that individuals with access such as described above may participate in this project. Therefore, '''no information regarding a community may be added ''<u>anywhere on this project</u>'' that is not available to someone with general membership in the relevant community'''. If access to information requires appointment to a particular position or user group via any method the content is ''prohibited'' to be included, and [[Project:Administrators|administrators]] may perform revision deletion to hide it from page history. | ||
== Verifiability == | == Verifiability == | ||
{{Shortcut|P:V}} | {{Shortcut|P:V}}Prose may ''generally'' be written without providing citations to prove statements made. Editors are heavily encouraged to provide citations whenever they reasonably can. | ||
The following situations, if they apply, ''do'' require the presence of a citation to a '''source that is reliable for the statement(s) it is supporting''' in order to maintain inclusion. Otherwise, editors may remove it, and it may not be restored until it is cited. If the information cannot be cited, it is inappropriate for inclusion on this project. | |||
# Content that describes actions or behavior that characterizes a ''specific person'' in a negative light. | |||
# Extraordinary claims regarding the community's accomplishments or that of it's participants. | |||
# Any claim made within an article that is challenged by an autoconfirmed editor. | |||
## If an editor wishes to invoke this, it must be done on the talk page of the article with an explicit statement challenging the claim and the claim provided verbatim. | |||
#Any content which serves to show that the community meets the [[Project:Inclusion criteria|inclusion criteria]]. | |||