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How to sort out misinformation, untruths and propaganda in the article?

Could we please have a proper discussion on sorting out the misinformation, untruths and propaganda in the article? 2A00:23C4:95:EA01:6067:6E2B:11FD:E666 (talk) 22:50, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is Wikipedia, so you may either:

Read the site's policies on reliable sources and neutral-point of view, since that is probably where your grievances are, and make a policy-based argument with references to specific content in the article you are challenging. Or,
Take your vague gestures at "misinformation, untruths and propaganda" elsewhere, such as an online forum, which Wikipedia is not.

Yue🌙 23:20, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add the fact that they have nothing to do with acient uyghurs

Add that 2603:8001:8446:6EBB:72A:8D7E:94A5:D773 (talk) 15:44, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's not true. Beshogur (talk) 15:57, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 2024

@JArthur1984: Hi, it is regarding this. Can't we use "According to reports, at least..." in place of "Scholars estimate that at least"? - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really see a reason to have the template there. The scholarly reports are generally around or above that number. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 03:42, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This estimate is usually sourced back to one researcher, Zenz, about whom the reader could be concerned about for a variety of reasons (the ties between his eschatological thinking and his concerns of a "new world order", his ideological commitments, his very bad IUD study, and so forth). So it is a desire to avoid the circular reportage problem by specifying. There is a difference between plural "scholars" making a independent estimates or multiple scholars repeating, "According to Adrian Zenz ..." So a proponent of these sources should specify. JArthur1984 (talk) 15:24, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]