Eileen wrote:
I was laboring under the false impression that the purpose of Wikipedia was to present factual information in an encyclopedic form. The answer I received from Delerium/Mark makes it abundantly clear that I was mistaken in this evaluation.
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I will retain the answers I have received to this query as background and support of my position and will simply refuse in the future to accept any citation from Wikipedia as a reference to a legitimate authority but will put it in the same class as a letter to the editor in a small local newspaper.
This is precisely the sort of misunderstanding I was hoping would be averted, if we could convey our neutrality policy properly.
Unfortunately, after a brief encounter with the mailing list, a person who may have considerable influence among readers has now dismissed this project as having any standing as a useful reference.
What are everyone's thoughts on Eileen's evaluation of our editorial policy on articles relating to abortion?
Ed Poor