jf_wikipedia@mac.com wrote:
On May 3, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Jimmy Wales wrote:
The philosophy that NPOV is achieved by warring parties is one that I have always rejected, and in practice, I think we can easily see that it absolutely does not work.
Sometimes it *does* work, if there is a commitment to Wikipedia content policies.
When I think about it there's an ambiguity to Jimbo's comment. It is both right and wrong. It is right in the sense that NPOV is not achieved when the warring parties persist in their war. It is also wrong because it is best achieved when those same warring parties come down from their fixed positions and begin exploring common ground. Mediators may help, and may even be necessary, but when you get down to it is movement by the warring parties that counts.
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