I tried to edit the page again. Within 10 seconds I was informed that my citations to the primary documents were insufficient, as Wikipedia requires its contributors to rely on secondary sources, or, as my critic informed me, ‘published books.’ Another editor cheerfully tutored me in what this means: ‘Wikipedia is not “truth,” Wikipedia is “verifiability” of reliable sources. Hence, if most secondary sources which are taken as reliable happen to repeat a flawed account or description of something, Wikipedia will echo that.’
