Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote
<david(a)election.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Hello! Politician discussing what gory details
should be in the article
>about another politician! Conflict of interest, anyone?
Now that really does annoy me. Whatever happened
to "This user is a
Wikipedian and seeks to eschew other ideologies while building an
encyclopedia"?
Yes, you've said that before. But the fact remains that you are a
party political activist editing articles on politicians, and
frequently in a way which causes conflict with other editors, and this
is not the first time the criticism has been levelled at you either,
so perhaps you do have biases and are unable to discern them in your
own writing (which would only be human, after all).
This area is covered in outline by [[WP:COI]]. Conflicted editors should back off (i.e.
not press the point) in POV arguments. However potential conflict of interest should not
be used as an argument in such disputes: it is not proper behaviour to bring it up and
attempt to bludgeon other editors (with either declared or suspected COI). These points
simply reflect our commitment to both of NPOV and AGF; whch are idealistic standards,
maybe, but are thereby written into the COI guideline.
Understatement and being nice to people aren't wasted on Wikipedia.
Charles
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