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Notice that at no point do these statements endorse any of the views. The sample text provided merely states what each view is, without saying whether any of them is correct or incorrect.
Notice that at no point do these statements endorse any of the views. The sample text provided merely states what each view is, without saying whether any of them is correct or incorrect.
Thus, a good article "describes" - it does not "prescribe". <ref>[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.phptitle=Talk:John_the_Baptist&diff=prev&oldid=212792 Ed Poor (→Proposed sections for alteration: please add to discussion - Why not do here what Wikipedia CLAIMS it does?)]</ref>
Thus, a good article "describes" - it does not "prescribe". However, it is acceptable (for example) for the "Homosexuality" article to prescribe the following without any sort of attribution: "Homosexuality is an immoral sexual lifestyle between members of the same sex." Thus, if a piece of information is aligned to popular conservative opinion, attribution is not required.
<ref>[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.phptitle=Talk:John_the_Baptist&diff=prev&oldid=212792 Ed Poor (→Proposed sections for alteration: please add to discussion - Why not do here what Wikipedia CLAIMS it does?)]</ref>
In regards to attribution, always cite and give credit to your sources,<ref>Sources should be authoritative works, not merely published opinions by others. No sources advocating or supporting unlawful activity of any kind are allowed.</ref> even if in the [[public domain]]. Conservapedia's [[Conservapedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] assists new [[wiki]] users on [[Conservapedia:Footnotes - technical help|how to put footnotes]] in an article.
In regards to attribution, always cite and give credit to your sources,<ref>Sources should be authoritative works, not merely published opinions by others. No sources advocating or supporting unlawful activity of any kind are allowed.</ref> even if in the [[public domain]]. Conservapedia's [[Conservapedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] assists new [[wiki]] users on [[Conservapedia:Footnotes - technical help|how to put footnotes]] in an article.