According to dictionary.com, to
waterproof is to render
impervious to water by some special process, as coating or treating with rubber.
Impervious means not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable.
So let me ask you this. Is cutting a trench around the inside of the room and pumping water back outside true waterproofing? Is installing a hollow baseboard with tubes drilled into the block for the purpose of draining water out of the blocks and pumping it away considered true waterproofing?...