On 2/26/07, Berto 'd Sera
<albertoserra(a)ukr.net> wrote:
Now this is an interesting subject. AFAIK, pillars
ARE mandatory for all
editions. If not just let me know, pms.wiki will be extremely happy in
getting rid of the "no original research" limit. I'm sure most soviet
wikies
will be very happy to get rid of the NPOV principle, as well.
This has never been fully articulated on the Foundation level. It
should be, in collaboration with the community, for a "Wikipedia
mission statement" (something we should, I believe, have for all our
projects).
I can agree that it would be good to articulate the five pillars at the
foundation level. They should be examined more closely before that it
done. Each pillar shhould be expressed in a single short sentence.
What we have now on en:wp is a statement followed be a paragraph of
elaboration and explanation. That elaboration is not the principle, and
it should always be clear that where the principle and its elaboration
appear to differ the principle takes precedence.
Ec