Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, If you want the board to pronounce its opinion, I would be utterly and utterly surprised when the official position is anything but a resounding NO to non commercial stuff. In diplomacy they say that you should not ask a question if you cannot life with the answer. I can, but can you ?
I apologize for agreeing with you again. :-)
It frequently happens that someone asks for a Board ruling on some debateable issue. They tend to be confident that they are right and that the Board will agree with them. They are sometimes disappointed. Every such official proclamation has implications that may not be obvious to the person making the request. The Board should not be making editorial policies unless it has no other choice. Saying that we must all follow NPOV is one thing, but trying to provide a lot of detailed rules to define what it means may be contrary to NPOV.
Ec