Haukur Þorgeirsson wrote:
It's not a
matter of the number of religious fundamentalists, or how
persistently anyone argues, or lines being drawn. I certainly don't
believe that today's points of view should hold sway over historical ones.
Then what is it a matter of? I still fail to understand
your position. Do you or do you not want a statement about
the near-spherical shape of the Earth to be qualified as
"just one point of view" on Wikipedia?
Ultimately all of our opinions are just one more point of view, and
every statement is probabilistic. The near sphericity of the earth is a
POV with a very high probability of truth. If all Wikipedians (and we
are many) hold that POV than the NPOV will also be in that range as a
consensus Why would it be necessary to add that qualification if
no-one is disputing the shape?
Ec