[WikiEN-l] Facts and NPOV

[Jonathan Walther]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:35:40PM -0500, Poor, Edmund W wrote:
>On controversial topics, such as politics, all we can ever say with
>certainty is that X said Y about Z. Even then, sometimes X turns around
>and says Y2 about Z later on!

No, because opinions that contradict known facts have no need to be
represented.  A propagandist can say "Most of the Arab world firmly
believes Jews eat the blood of non-Jewish children", but does that
opinion really belong in an article on Judaism?  By asserting that some
people believe something, without some basis, you give tacit endorsement
that "yes, thats one more valid opinion".  But I am also opposed to
putting such an opinion in just so one can bash the opinion (and in so
doing, bash all Arabs by proxy).

Jonathan

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