[WikiEN-l] Ethics - conflict of interest - relia

Thommandel at aol.com Thommandel at aol.com
Mon Apr 3 00:19:28 UTC 2006


 
In a message dated 4/2/2006 1:32:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
guettarda at gmail.com writes:

The  essence of NPOV is to be able to "write for your enemies".  It's a  great
(and somewhat humbling) experience to write fairly about something  you
disagree with or someone you dislike.



Sounds good, but what if the writing is not fair?  How does the NPOV  handle 
that?  What if the writing is contradictory data, and the admin says  on entry 
(A) that it belongs on entry (B) and on entry (B) he says it belongs on  (A)? 
Is that what you call   Neutral                                               
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                    callNeutral  writing? 
 
And what about when contradictory evidence is mentioned, and the admin  
simply reverts it out with the comment "That does not explain why..."  And  what if 
he comes over from his home entry, and adds to his enemies page "This  theory 
has been widely discredited by most cosmologists."  And then starts  an 
argument over the meaning of the word cosmologist...And what if when he is in  a 
dispute, he closes the discussion with a claim of disruption, incompetence,  
silly,  said that the one expert editing has "questionable credentials, "  and 
when his edits get reverted, he threatens to ban the one editor who has done  
most of the work citing vandalism or some other Wikipolicy violation.  And  when 
evidence of this behavoir is copied over to the discussion page, His friend  
deletes it. And when I suggest that in the real world that action would  
constitute obstruction of justice, I am arrested for making a legal threat and  
banned from Wikipedia without a hearing.
 
Is that an example of your Wiki NPOV? 
 
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