Fred Bauder wrote:
[I had written:]
Fred Bauder wrote:
Obviously we need to make an exception for prominent people whose viewpoint we support. And by the way, I am not joking.
Oh, my. I really thought you were. How, then, is this remotely compatible with NPOV?
Not at all. That's why it needs to be out in the open.
Fred, I'm sorry to sound harsh, because you're a respected editor and an arbcom member and all, but this is what happens when you cling too desperately to a fundamentally flawed policy: you have to make increasingly bizarre exceptions in a frantic attempt to stanch the gushing contradictions.
I didn't think there were exceptions to NPOV -- isn't it one of the three pillars? According to [[WP:NPOV]], Jimbo says it's "absolute and non-negotiable".