Talk:Sanctioned Suicide/FAQ

Many of these questions arise frequently on the talk page concerning Sanctioned Suicide.

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Q1: Why is the link to Sanctioned Suicide excluded?

A1: The current consensus of the Wikipedia community, as determined in a March 2023 Request for Comment, is to exclude all links to the SS forum because it would link to external harassment and because it was determined that the potential harm caused by including the link overrides any benefit to the project derived from giv[ing] the reader the opportunity to see what the subject says about itself (WP:ELOFFICIAL).
Consensus can change, but not without another similar community discussion as happened when that consensus was formed. Please do not boldly re-add the link without starting another talk page discussion which directly addresses the closing statement and arguments brought up in the first discussion.

Q2: The "reliable sources" don't tell the full story. Why can't we use other sources?

A2: "Reliable source" is a term of art on Wikipedia that refers to a specific type of sourcing that has editorial control, such as most newspapers and traditionally published books. This is related to our policies on verifiability and due weight, as sources without editorial control are considered less likely to have fact-checking confirming their verifiability, or may be about aspects of the subject too minor to include on Wikipedia. While self-published sources can sometimes be of high quality, they are not usually permitted on Wikipedia, which generally takes the perspective of a subject reflected in traditional sources as a consequence of verifiability and due weight policies.