On 13/04/2008, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
on 4/13/08 2:05 PM, David Gerard at dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Indeed. Think of "neutral point of view" as "what the subject looks like from 20,000 feet up." We're all on the ground, with our various points of view, and trying to work out amongst ourselves what the subject does in fact look like from 20,000 feet up. This is of course difficult. And it's more of a compass to work towards than an achievable goal.
This is an excellent way of describing it, David. In fact, it should be included in the policy section on NPOV.
It's how I explain it to media a lot, and they seem to get the idea. If anyone wants to push to put it into WP:NPOV, please feel free.
- d.