I've dropped Cirt a note and link to this thread,
in case they weren't
aware
of it.
As mentioned before, what is at the root of this is a wider problem
though:
to what extent we as a project are happy to act as participants, rather
than
neutral observers and reporters, in the political process.
I'd say that neutrality is our best bet here, as anything else is likely
to
come back to us eventually. We should not make *undue* efforts to promote
political or social campaigns.
There is little in present policy to address this. WP:Activist is an
essay.
Andreas
It is addressed at:
Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion
One of our key policies.
"Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political,
religious, sports-related, or otherwise. Of course, an article can report
objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe
the topic from a neutral point of view. You might wish to start a blog or
visit a forum if you want to convince people of the merits of your
favorite views.[1] See Wikipedia:Advocacy."
Again, this is NOT rocket surgery.
Fred