2008/6/3 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
On 03/06/2008, Eugene van der Pijll eugene@vanderpijll.nl wrote:
David Gerard schreef:
Most of those have been copyedited, at least. The EB 1911 writing style isn't at all clear on a web page, even letting alone its frequent glaring lack of NPOV.
I came across this wonderfull edit summary today: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hendrik_Goltzius&curid=840184&... One wonders how the EB editors would reply.
Presumably they don't claim to be neutral - if they do, they are simply delusional. That paragraph was critical appraisal, it wasn't neutral reporting, at least not in the sense we mean.
EB 1911 never claimed or attempted neutral point of view - it's a Wikipedia innovation as a stated principle. (I think it's our most important innovation, much more important than merely letting anyone edit the website.)
- d.