1. Original research - what exactly does it include?
Can a certain
Wikipedia redefine the notion of "state" and state: X is a state
according to its own criteria?
Wikipedia is not there to make researches. So we don't redefine something. Your
example seems more like a violation of NPOV. If the state of a state is disputed (for
example Taiwan, or Cosovo), then it is disputed. It is recognized by some country and not
recognized by other. That is it. We don't define a state as a state or not, we just
describe things.
2. NPOV - Can the Dutch Wikipedia (for example) decide
it defines a
state according to the EU recognition, and state X is a state only
according to EU diplomatic recognition, or is it a violation of NPOV?
It is a violation of NPOV. But this problem should be solved in the nl.wikipedia
community.
3. Polling - can a Wikipedian community vote about
excluding a certain
person from writing? Can it vote about whether to except a certain
source? Can the Spanish Wikipedia decide a source from Japan will never
be regarded reliable?
Personally I share your opinion and am against such a poll. But I know that this happens
in several communities, and I don't see the necessity to forbid them to do it, or to
enforce other communities who refuse such a polling to do the same.
Ting
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