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• How do you handle outdated statistics or data on a Wikipedia page?

  File a Talk-page edit request that pairs the current sourced figure with its new citation, and community editors review and implement it once the sourcing supports the change. The figure and the citation have to move together - updating the number while leaving the old reference attached gets reverted on verifiability grounds.

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• What is the role of Wikipedia references in establishing credibility?

  On Wikipedia, references are visible authority signals. An article cited to multiple authoritative, independent sources demonstrates notability, resists vandalism and bias, and gives AI engines a strong, credible signal to draw on.

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• How do you handle a Wikipedia editor who is hostile to your page?

  Engage calmly on the article's Talk page with specific policy citations and reliable sources, and let the editors watching the page evaluate the proposed wording. If the editor's conduct itself crosses into policy violations - personal attacks, edit warring beyond the three-revert rule, or undisclosed conflict of interest - escalation to the administrators' noticeboard (WP:ANI) is available when documented properly. Never match a hostile editor's tone or revert to fight back; that loses a disclosed-COI editor credibility and tends to draw sanctions on our side rather than theirs.

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