I probably should have used the word "implement" rather than
"enforce."
I agree that in some sense "the death penalty" qualifies as enforcement, but
it doesn't actually make any particular article adhere to NPOV. It's the
community, not the Foundation, that is trusted with ensuring that individual
articles adhere to the NPOV standard.
--Mike
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:36 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2009/3/2 Mike Godwin <mnemonic(a)gmail.com>om>:
I'm unclear as to how it seems inconsistent
to you. Can you explain what
you
think is unreconciled? I assume you recognize
that NPOV has been adopted
by
the Wikipedia community and is enforced by it
(and not by the
Foundation).
That statement is actually false - Wikipedias have been shut down by
the Foundation for being grossly negligent of NPOV (Siberian,
Moldovan).
- d.