[WikiEN-l] Neutral point of view

Phil Sandifer snowspinner at gmail.com
Mon Apr 14 18:23:47 UTC 2008


On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:34 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 4/14/2008 6:33:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> cbeckhorn at fastmail.fm writes:
>
> I don't  think there is much support in contempory critical theory for
> the idea  that a writer can write without presenting a point of view, or
> that a  reader can read without a point of view.   >>
>
>
> ----------------
> We are however, not "writers writing".  We are "editors  editing".
> Without this agreement, we won't have a place from which to argue.
> If you believe you are a writer, an author, a creator of new and
>  interesting
> expression, then you don't belong on Wikipedia.
>
> Will Johnson
>

There is not much support in contemporary critical theory for making that
distinction either.

-Phil


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