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{{redirect|WP:EXPLAIN|the Wikipedia Manual of Style guideline discussion of the use of the word "explain" in Wikipedia articles|WP:SAID|the Wikipedia policy discussion of the importance of explaining edits in edit summaries and article talk page comments|WP:UNRESPONSIVE|the Wikipedia guideline discussion of explaining actions on article talk pages|WP:TALK#COMMUNICATE}}
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[[File:Bob Sutton.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Stanford University]] Professor [[Robert I. Sutton]], a noted speaker, using a gesture to help explain a concept.]]
'''Explanationism''' is a concept of Wikipedia's purpose as being to some degree based in explanations{{snd}}the human art of expressing and sharing understanding, and not just facts. Facts, figures and statistics are great. But without explanations to put these into context, or to help [[WP:CONCEPT|conceptualize]] their broader meaning, these facts are useless to everyone but experts who can interpret them.

Explanationism requires having sufficient respect for people – even those who may lack understanding – such that they may ''gain'' understanding.
Explanationists consider explanations to be an expression of good will.

Formulating and crafting "explanations" runs counter to the human tendency to express ourselves in colloquial and local (non-universal) concepts. Likewise it runs in defiance to ideas about the protection of concepts through ''secrecy, exclusivism, hidden information, [[Terms of art|professional jargon]], [[in-joke]]s, [[obfuscation]],'' or ''[[cultures of silence]].''

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