On Apr 13, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Marc Riddell wrote:
On Apr 13, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Marc Riddell wrote:
I agree with you, Will. Actually, NPOV should mean "No Point Of View".
on 4/13/08 9:30 PM, Philip Sandifer at snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
No - that's not possible. We retain a point of view on the issue of significant viewpoints - we routinely display this point of view when we decide that various fringe nutjob theories are not worth covering.
It's most accurate to say that NPOV means a thorough description of the points of view that are part of mainstream thought on the subject.
Phil, you're referring to what is, and is not included, in the encyclopedia. I'm talking about having no point of view (spin) on what is entered.
I think it's a false dichotomy to try to disentangle them, but I suspect we, in the end, mostly agree on actual content decisions and that this is a bit professorial. :)
-Phil