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.
And
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