On 8/7/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
"NPOV is fairly describing things or beliefs without succumbing to them."
Oh, I do like that one. How about "without advocating them"?
I think "succumbing" has the extra meaning that often one "succumbs" to a belief by attempting to debunk it. This was common at [[Safe Speed]] for instance - although most of the group's claims were clearly baloney, some of our editors were getting sucked into attempting to disprove them, falling afoul of NPOV. I'm not sure how to put that succinctly though - "without taking a side"? "without trying to prove or disprove them"? "without regard to their inherent worth"?
Steve