[WikiEN-l] NPOV policy

[Fred Bauder]

Big problem here though. For example, if you apply this to Judaism, you are
taking the Reform Judaism position.

Fred 

> From: "steven l. rubenstein" <rubenste at ohiou.edu>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:00:56 -0400
> To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] NPOV policy
> 
> I appreciate RK's work on developing our NPOV policy concerning historical
> context for articles such as ones on religion.  For what it is worth, I
> think we can explain it in a simpler and more direct way.
> 1) NPOV often means multiple points of view.  This means providing not only
> the points of view of different groups today, but different groups in the
> past.
> 2) Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.  One important task for articles is to
> explain things.  In the case of human beliefs and practices, explanation
> encompasses not only what motivates individuals who hold these beliefs and
> practices, but an account of how such beliefs and practices came to be and
> took shape.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Steven L. Rubenstein
> Associate Professor
> Department of Sociology and Anthropology
> Bentley Annex
> Ohio University
> Athens, Ohio 45701
> 
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