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==Words that may introduce bias== | ==Words that may introduce bias== | ||
===Puffery=== | ===Puffery=== | ||
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Also known as "{{s|wikipedia|peacock terms}}", puffery refers to the use of words that overly promote or disparage a subject without summarising verifiable information. Terms that promote puffery, such as great, fantastic, awesome, incredible, landmark, best, worst, sub-par, awful, or gimmicky should ideally be replaced either with facts or attribution to demonstrate a point. For instance, simply stating {{SSB4|Cloud}} has a horrible recovery is unacceptable; stating Cloud's recovery is poor as a result of several "blind spots" in [[Climhazzard]]'s ledge [[sweetspot]]s and its low vertical and horizontal distances would be acceptable. | Also known as "{{s|wikipedia|peacock terms}}", puffery refers to the use of words that overly promote or disparage a subject without summarising verifiable information. Terms that promote puffery, such as great, fantastic, awesome, incredible, landmark, best, worst, sub-par, awful, or gimmicky should ideally be replaced either with facts or attribution to demonstrate a point. For instance, simply stating {{SSB4|Cloud}} has a horrible recovery is unacceptable; stating Cloud's recovery is poor as a result of several "blind spots" in [[Climhazzard]]'s ledge [[sweetspot]]s and its low vertical and horizontal distances would be acceptable. | ||