It doesn't matter whether the points of view are reconcilable or not, we just have to report that there are two points of view: "Most people believe the world is roughly spherical, while loony number 17 believes it is flat." Problem solved. Mark
--- Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
dpbsmith@verizon.net wrote:
We already have articles that state different
points of view within
the same article. In such a case, the reader is
faced with "contradictory
information" within a single article.
I don't see "Group X claims Foo, group Y claims the opposite" as contradictory information.
Your solution with the redirects and the "master page" is too complex, too difficult to administer for absolutely every controversial subject, and highly confusing to readers. Everybody will be pointing fingers at Wikipedia's low quality because of it. To unsuspecting visitors, it just looks completely messed up.
In other words, _for those few topics on which it
is truly necessary_, isn't
there an acceptable way to do this?
I don't think it's truly necessary.
read the New Jersey point of view _here_."
Oh, and as an aside, please use more sensible link texts than "here". :)
Greetings, Timwi
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