In a message dated 10/21/2010 6:52:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
me(a)marcusbuck.org writes:
> I think your proposal is a good idea and that that wiki could develop
> into a very useful resource. However it does not fit into Wikimedia.
> Wikimedia is strictly about educational content and "neutral point of
> view" etc. and your how-to is just the opposite of neutral point of
> view. It collects the experience of people from their own point of view. >
> >
>
Personally I think this is wrong. Neutral point of view, does not mean to
discount your own experience. What it means, is to objectively report the
"facts" of the situation. Obviously if I do research, I am using my eyes and
hands and brain, I cannot discount my experience in doing my research.
What I report of my research is based on my judgement of what's important and
what's not, what's interesting, what's mundane, what's silly, what's
someone's unsupported opinion, what's an accurate summary....
If I can objectively describe how to fix your lawnmower engine, my
contention is that that would be a neutral point of view. Someone else might object
that it's too vague or too obtuse, but I don't think they'd object that
it's too politically left or too religiously biased....
W.