[WikiEN-l] Our credibility is questioned

[Jimmy Wales]

Poor, Edmund W wrote:
> This is precisely the sort of misunderstanding 
> I was hoping would be averted, if we could 
> convey our neutrality policy properly. 

Indeed.

> Unfortunately, after a brief encounter with 
> the mailing list, a person who may have 
> considerable influence among readers has now 
> dismissed this project as having any standing 
> as a useful reference.

Well, I think she was really rude to go off like that based on her
disagreement with one person's remarks.  As it turns out, I think that
she's right on the content issue, and that the medical terms are
neutral and should be used uniformly in the article.

> What are everyone's thoughts on Eileen's 
> evaluation of our editorial policy on articles 
> relating to abortion?

Knee-jerk and not very helpful, that's what I think of her evaluation.

--Jimbo