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<p>make template collapsible</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;table role=&quot;presentation&quot; class=&quot;tmbox tmbox-notice wpbs mbox-inside mw-collapsible {{#ifeq:{{lc:{{{collapsed|}}}}}|yes|mw-collapsed}}&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse:separate;&quot; cellspacing=&quot;4&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td class=&quot;mbox-image&quot;&gt;[[File:Emblem-important.svg|none|30px|link=]]&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td class=&quot;mbox-text&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;{{Show button}}{{#if:{{{header|}}}<br /> |{{{header}}}<br /> |Arbitration Ruling on the Treatment of Pseudoscience: {{#ifeq:{{lc:{{{collapsed}}}}}|yes<br /> |<br /> |<br /> }}<br /> }}&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;wpbs-inner outercollapse&quot; style=&quot;background:#fffaef; border:1px dotted gray; padding:2px 4px;&quot;&gt;<br /> In December of 2006 the [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration|Arbitration Committee]] ruled on guidelines for the presentation of topics as pseudoscience in [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience]]. The final decision was as follows:<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Neutral_point_of_view_as_applied_to_science|Neutral point of view as applied to science]]:&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]], a fundamental policy, requires fair representation of significant alternatives to scientific orthodoxy. Significant alternatives, in this case, refers to legitimate scientific disagreement, as opposed to [[pseudoscience]].<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Serious_encyclopedias|Serious encyclopedias]]:&#039;&#039;&#039; Serious and respected encyclopedias and reference works are generally expected to provide overviews of scientific topics that are in line with respected scientific thought. Wikipedia aspires to be such a respected work.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Obvious_pseudoscience|Obvious pseudoscience]]:&#039;&#039;&#039; Theories which, while purporting to be scientific, are obviously bogus, such as [[Time Cube]], may be so labeled and categorized as such without more.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Generally_considered_pseudoscience|Generally considered pseudoscience]]:&#039;&#039;&#039; Theories which have a following, such as [[astrology]], but which are generally considered pseudoscience by the scientific community may properly contain that information and may be categorized as pseudoscience.<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Questionable_science|Questionable science]]:&#039;&#039;&#039; Theories which have a substantial following, such as [[psychoanalysis]], but which some critics allege to be pseudoscience, may contain information to that effect, but generally should not be so characterized.<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Pseudoscience#Alternative_theoretical_formulations|Alternative theoretical formulations]]&#039;&#039;&#039;: Alternative theoretical formulations which have a following within the scientific community are not pseudoscience, but part of the scientific process.<br /> <br /> &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> {{Documentation}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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