[WikiEN-l] The userbox fad

[Peter Mackay]

> From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org 
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Rob
> 
> I'm all for questioning authority as much as the next guy, 
> but is any purpose really served by indulging a new editor 
> who wishes to argue about something fundamental like the NPOV 
> policy?  It's not going to change, and it's time better spent 
> on, say, an encyclopedia.  I usually point people to the 
> Village Pump if they want to topple one of the pillars of 
> Wikipedia on their first day here.  Were I in the classroom 
> again I would use the opportunity for an educational 
> discussion (what we'd call a "teachable
> moment") on whatever the student was objecting to or 
> suggesting.  This isn't a classroom, though, it's an encyclopedia.

Heaven forfend that we should link education with the sacred encyclopaedia!

If a new editor doesn't understand NPOV, then why not explain it to them?

Peter (Skyring)