Ray Saintonge wrote:
Geoff Burling wrote:
I'm throwing out an argument against the concept that an encyclopedia should be "informative, not instructional", based on one datum: for many years (perhaps even now, but at least into the 1960's) it was not uncommon for people to teach themselves how to play chess from the article in the encyclopedia.
POV: A chessboard has 64 squares.
NPOV: Experts claim that a chessboard has 64 squares.
I wonder where this leads us. :-)
Ec
More like:
POV: Don't wait too long to castle or you may leave your king in an easily attacked position.
NPOV: Some chess analysts say that failure to castle early in the game results in the king being in a position that is easily attacked. Others instead argue that waiting to castle leaves with you more options for protecting the king.
(I just made this up, I know almost nothing about chess strategy)
The point is you don't have to give instructions to explain how a game is played. You can just _explain_ how the game is played.
And besides:
NPOV: Most chessboards have 64 squares, although some variants of chess are played on larger or smaller boards.
-- David