[Foundation-l] It is high time we decided upon global Wikimedianprinciples
geni
geniice at gmail.com
Sat Aug 9 14:43:58 UTC 2008
2008/8/9 Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com>:
> - A derivative of the scientific method, the encyclopedic method, has
> to be applied strictly. There is no space for, let's say, applying
> methods of some religion in building an encyclopedia.
The catholic encyclopedia?
> - Encyclopedia is not an original research and, ideally, every claim
> has to be sourced.
Not so for example some of the early work in deciphering hieroglyphics
was originaly published in the encyclopedia Britannica.
> - While opinions are welcome if they are based on sources, one
> encyclopedic article mustn't be biased.
EB1911 has some pretty clear biases.
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geni
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