NPOV and credibility (was Re: [WikiEN-l] Original research)

Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen at shaw.ca
Thu Dec 9 04:45:36 UTC 2004


At 10:21 PM 12/8/2004 -0500, JAY JG wrote:
>Wikipedia couldn't possibly represent ALL views, nor should it.  There are 
>6 billion people in the world, each with their own view on a limitless 
>array of topics.  Even if we limit ourselves to the much smaller (though 
>still overwhelming)  number of views that are, say, published on websites, 
>NPOV does not demand that we say "according to Einstein e=mc^2, but 
>according to my Aunt Gertie [www.relativityaccordingtogertie.com], e=mc^3"

I was quite saddened to discover that www.relativityaccordingtogertie.com 
doesn't appear to be a real website. I wanted to read more about her 
theories. :)


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