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October 30, 2022	Peer review	Reviewed
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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 20, 2023. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that it is controversial whether knowledge* is the same as justified true belief?*
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Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2024

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Misspelling/Typo: "A less radical limit of knowledge is identified by falliblists," should read "...fallibilists," 96.83.19.33 (talk) 16:18, 23 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Done. Phlsph7 (talk) 16:25, 23 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

can someone fix where it says "certain certain" as the article is locked thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.4.43.220 (talk) 22:59, 28 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Done. Thanks for catching that. Patrick 🐈‍⬛ (talk) 23:37, 28 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

"Knowers" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect Knowers has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 29 § Knowers until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 18:49, 29 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 8 June 2026

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Under header Propositional change "know-wh," to "know-why,". ~2026-33827-49 (talk) 19:58, 8 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before posting an edit request. "know-wh" seems to be a group that includes "know-why", "know-who", "know-whether", etc. meamemg (talk) 20:39, 8 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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