Fred Bauder wrote:
On Jul 14, 2006, at 11:02 AM, Stan Shebs wrote:
Fastfission wrote:
We're not re-inventing the wheel.
"Operation Iraqi Freedom" is both 1. not NPOV at all
I still don't buy the argument that the mere names of things somehow express POV in a way that matters for WP's NPOV policy. NPOV is all about reporting POVs, not picking one and claiming that it's "more neutral" than any of the others. If you deliberately choose a term that is not the most common in English, how is that not pushing your own POV against the entire body of speakers of the language?
Stan
Choosing a descriptive name for an article that does not carry POV implications is our policy. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conflict#Descriptive_names
Guideline, not policy, but I see the point about descriptive names. The loophole I see is that the page assumes the choice of descriptive vs proper name is obvious, but if I understand stevertigo's original point, WP-manufactured descriptive names would take precedence over proper names in many cases.
Stan