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Stronger claims, such as about disruption, require even more evidence to show a pattern of disruptive actions, rather than just casting several opinions of imagined turmoil. Otherwise, any person can claim a disagreement as a "disruption" of their thinking, or perhaps violating WP:NPA (no personal attacks) simply by disagreement against their ...
In these terms, strongly discouraged means SHOULD NOT. In the words of the RFC, while there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances when the particular behavior is acceptable or even useful, the full implications should be understood and the case carefully weighed before implementing any behavior described with this label.
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" (sometimes shortened to ECREE), [1] also known as the Sagan standard, is an aphorism popularized by science communicator Carl Sagan. He used the phrase in his 1979 book Broca's Brain and the 1980 television program Cosmos .
A less abstract study was the Stanford biased interpretation experiment, in which participants with strong opinions about the death penalty read about mixed experimental evidence. Twenty-three percent of the participants reported that their views had become more extreme, and this self-reported shift correlated strongly with their initial ...
The GRADE approach separates recommendations following from an evaluation of the evidence as strong or weak. A recommendation to use, or not use an option (e.g. an intervention), should be based on the trade-offs between desirable consequences of following a recommendation on the one hand, and undesirable consequences on the other.
These same workers also tend to be opposed to overhauling the system. As the study pointed out, they remain loyal to “intervention techniques that employ confrontation and coercion — techniques that contradict evidence-based practice.” Those with “a strong 12-step orientation” tended to hold research-supported approaches in low regard.
Evidence should be put in context, or qualified in Wikipedia articles, especially for sources that should not be taken at face value. Some articles are tagged with {{ qualify evidence }} , and this page helps describe what to do for them, and how to treat factual claims in general.
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