What types of statements can I add?
Dignitas is a site for determining the truth value of political statements made by public figures. To be considered, a statement must meet the following criteria:
- Attribution. It must be easy to verify that the person actually made the statement.
- Notability. Dignitas deals with statements made by the President of Romania, ministers, members of parliament, party leaders, mayors, county and local councilors or their spokespersons.
- Official quality. Dignitas only deals with statements made in the discharge of people's official duties (including on social networks).
- Impact. The statement must be related to the quality of life of citizens.
- Verifiability. The claim must be able to be confirmed or refuted, at least in part, on the basis of data and facts.
What kind of statements cannot I add?
Dignitas does not deal with statements that do not meet the above criteria, such as:
- Statements which cannot clearly be attributed to the person cited:
- statements that do not mention the source;
- statements taken from dubious sources;
- inaccurately copied statements, paraphrases or statements taken out of context.
- Statements relating to the private or social life of civil servants:
- statements made on entertainment shows or columns;
- statements about personal tastes, lifestyle, etc.
- Extremely vague or equivocal opinions or statements. For example:
- "Practice X should be legalized", "The punishment for Y should be increased". These are opinions without a truth value.
- "Romania is well seen by the world". Who sees us well? From what point of view?
Such statements will probably be flagged and closed.