[Foundation-l] NPOV as common value? (was Re: Board statement regarding biographies of living people)

Anthony wikimail at inbox.org
Wed Apr 22 16:46:13 UTC 2009


On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 2009/4/21 Michael Snow <wikipedia at verizon.net>:
> > The Wikimedia Foundation takes this opportunity to reiterate some core
> > principles related to our shared vision, mission, and values. One of
> > these values which is common to all our projects is a commitment to
> > maintaining a neutral point of view.
>
> I find it a bit strange to talk of Wikimedia Commons as having a NPOV
> policy.


Should commons allow images which are biased?

More concretely, in terms of photography, should photographs adhere to the
standards of ethics adopted by photojournalists?


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