[Textbook-l] Problem with NPOV

[Andrew Whitworth]

Jimbo Wrote:
>Well, I think the policy is pretty clear, and yes, as the community
>applies the policy in practice, I don't always agree with the outcome,
>nor do I expect to always agree with the outcome.
>
>I am not sure why you are saying there is currently no policy.

because to the best of my knowledge there currently is no specific policy 
that says specifically what a "textbook" is.

This policy is currently "proposed", but is a long way away from being 
enforced:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Textbooks

This policy is a broad cover-all, but again never states specifcally what a 
"textbook" is, nor how to distinguish between "instructional resources" that 
do belong here, and "instructional resources" that don't belong here ([[How 
To Build A Pykrete Bong]] was instructional, and NPOV, but we deleted it 
anyway as mostly a matter of conscience):

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/WB:WIW

Fact is that the wikibooks policy cannon is very incomplete.

--Andrew Whitworth