[Foundation-l] Narrative vs. Selective bias

Lars Aronsson lars at aronsson.se
Thu Feb 2 22:17:37 UTC 2006


Anonymous (junk164) wrote:

> The current formulation of the Neutral point of view policy does 
> not make the above distinction clear, thus leading one to 
> believe that eliminating narrative bias (judgments about views) 
> will make the article itself unbiased.

This observation would be relevant if there were any examples 
where the current NPOV policy has misled Wikipedia.

Selection is a strong force.  There are very few articles 
describing the world from a Neanderthal's point of view.


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