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Helian Way Wiki:Editorial policy

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Scope. World history, comparative religion, Gnosticism, Western esoteric and magical traditions as history of ideas, and claims of "suppressed knowledge". We describe what people believed, practised, wrote and argued, and what the evidence shows. We don't teach practice and we don't advocate.

Rules

  1. Every page is sourced. Every paragraph carries at least one footnote. Each page needs at least two independent sources, including at least one primary text (public domain where possible) and at least one scholarly secondary source. Modern copyrighted scholarship may be cited, never pasted in. Quote public-domain translations with edition and year.
  2. Every substantive claim gets a label with {{Claim|level}}: established, debate, tradition or speculation. See Help:Claim labels. Pages whose main topic is speculative carry {{Speculative topic}}.
  3. Neutral tone. No "the truth they don't want you to know", no "debunked" as a headline word. Attribute views. Consensus first; minority views clearly marked.
  4. "Suppressed knowledge" pages follow a fixed outline: the claim (who makes it and since when); what would be suppressed, by whom and how; what the evidence shows, including real, documented suppression (for example the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the Templar trials, the Cathar persecutions); assessment, with each part labelled; further reading on both sides.
  5. Public domain first. Link full texts on Wikisource, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, CCEL and sacred-texts.com. Record the translation's year and confirm US public-domain status.
  6. No how-to ritual or operative magic instructions beyond what is needed to explain a historical text. No medical, legal or financial claims.
  7. Disclosure. Independent educational project. Not affiliated with the Latin Mass Society (UK) or any church body.
  8. Review. A new page goes live only after an admin checks it against this policy. Monthly sweep of Category:Claims – speculation and Category:Pages needing claim labels.

Seed pages

The first 40 pages (October 2026) are short, sourced starting points. Most Nag Hammadi translations (Robinson 1977, Meyer 2007, Lambdin) are copyrighted: they are cited, never reproduced.

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