[WikiEN-l] Re: Articles about small religious sects, concern about accuracy and NPOV

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:

> On 02/09/04 21:30, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>
>> If the author was factually wrong, editing out his POV is 
>> substituting your POV for his, which puts us no further ahead.  
>> That's not NPOV; it's censorship.  I don't support directed 
>> interpretations; I like to give credit to the reader for being able 
>> to have his own interpretation of what he reads.  If a text is too 
>> liberally sprinked with phrases like "He claims..." or "He 
>> alleges..." I start to question the motives of the interpreter.  Even 
>> a favorable interpreter can distort doctrines.  St. Paul was 
>> notorious for doing that.  Any interpretation is a second hand 
>> statement.
>> It is much fairer if a section of such an article is devoted to a 
>> fair presentation is made of a group's doctrines as presented in 
>> their own writings and statements.  There is always adequate room in 
>> following sections for opponents to present their case.
>
> See [[Talk:GNU General Public License]] for discussions of why that 
> article
> doesn't just contain the text, as the original did.

I just read it several times, and couldn't see the relevance.  Are you 
somehow saying that by not making direct quotes you are trying to 
protect the cult leader's copyrights?

Ec