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These restrictions should and do hold for serious [[Wikipedia:Satire|satire]] such as ''[[Wikipedia:Gulliver's Travels|Gulliver's Travels]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Candide|Candide]]'' (and many works for the stage) where the fictional elements are designed to camouflage the serious political or social criticism within the work. In such cases, it is legitimate to use reliable sources to examine the fictional elements and the design of the storyline when such sources attempt to decipher the author's original intent. The same exemptions might apply to other special forms of literature where the fiction/non-fiction categorization is disputed, such as the possibly historical elements of religious scripture. | These restrictions should and do hold for serious [[Wikipedia:Satire|satire]] such as ''[[Wikipedia:Gulliver's Travels|Gulliver's Travels]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Candide|Candide]]'' (and many works for the stage) where the fictional elements are designed to camouflage the serious political or social criticism within the work. In such cases, it is legitimate to use reliable sources to examine the fictional elements and the design of the storyline when such sources attempt to decipher the author's original intent. The same exemptions might apply to other special forms of literature where the fiction/non-fiction categorization is disputed, such as the possibly historical elements of religious scripture. | ||
See also the | See also the section on [[#Accuracy and appropriate weight|accuracy and appropriate weight]]. | ||
== Primary and secondary information == | == Primary and secondary information == | ||