উইকিপিডিয়া:ধোঁকাবাজি করবেন না: সংশোধিত সংস্করণের মধ্যে পার্থক্য

Wikipedia requires material to be [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiable]] to a reliable published source. If challenged, the burden is on the original author to prove the claims in the article. Thus, it is futile to try to continue a hoax once it is under scrutiny of Wikipedia editors if the general population does not already believe it external to Wikipedia. Moreover, if a hoaxer has already successfully tricked the public, then they need not create an article themselves; someone else will do it.

 

 

Wikipedia does have articles ''about'' notable hoaxes [[List of hoaxes|describing them ''as'' hoaxes]], such as [[Piltdown Man]] or the [[The War of the Worlds (radio drama)|War of the Worlds]] broadcast. Wikipedia also has encyclopedia articles ''about'' notable hoaxes that have formerly existed on Wikipedia (such as [[Jar'Edo Wens hoax]] or [[Henryk Batuta hoax]]) This is completely different from an article presenting a hoax as factual.