Big problem here though. For example, if you apply this to Judaism, you are taking the Reform Judaism position.
Fred
From: "steven l. rubenstein" rubenste@ohiou.edu Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:00:56 -0400 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] NPOV policy
I appreciate RK's work on developing our NPOV policy concerning historical context for articles such as ones on religion. For what it is worth, I think we can explain it in a simpler and more direct way.
- NPOV often means multiple points of view. This means providing not only
the points of view of different groups today, but different groups in the past. 2) Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. One important task for articles is to explain things. In the case of human beliefs and practices, explanation encompasses not only what motivates individuals who hold these beliefs and practices, but an account of how such beliefs and practices came to be and took shape.
Steve
Steven L. Rubenstein Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology Bentley Annex Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701
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