<P>I don't see how any "Best of" can be NPOV.
<P>Rick
<P> <B><I>Erik Moeller <erik_moeller@gmx.de></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Do we have a policy on "best of" lists?<BR><BR>A page "List of best physicists" was quickly deleted. It consisted of <BR>several such lists, some of them with a reference, others without it. <BR>Similarly, our anonymous "year in music" user added several "<YEAR> in <BR>KROQ" pages (KROQ being a radio station); those were also deleted. In case <BR>2 I agree without reservation, in case 1 I think it might have been <BR>rewritten to be useful (perhaps under the title "Lists of best .." rather <BR>than "List of best ..").<BR><BR>In both cases, we have authorities who are being cited as selecting <BR>information from a larger sample. There could also be "Lists of best <BR>science fiction stories", "Lists of best novels" etc. Some of these lists <BR>would be written by authorities, others based on collaborative filtering <BR>such as the IMDB top movie lists. In the latter case, when the list is <BR>dynamically changing, an external link might be most appropriate.<BR><BR>But if we allow such lists, do we open the door to all kinds of spam-type, <BR>largely useless lists like the "year in KROQ" pages? Will people enter <BR>never ending NPOV disputes over whether their particular list should be <BR>included? I'm uncertain here and would appreciate some feedback. In any <BR>case, we need a clear policy if it doesn't already exist.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Erik<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing list<BR>WikiEN-l@wikipedia.org<BR>http://www.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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