[WikiEN-l] Re: Proposed policy on biographies: input sought
charles matthews
charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Mon Dec 19 22:08:33 UTC 2005
<slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote
>It may be a form of NPOV, but it's poor writing and a violation of
NOR, because it's putting together a synthesis of published material
in a novel way in order to build a case.
But NPOV is _not_ a doctrine about 'balance', which is what your example of
a frantic search to find a 'critical dimension' suggests. And in any case
using the 'rules' as discrete things is the explanation for novices -
newbies have to be told things one at a time. WP experience tends to
develop a writing style that is well within the parameters.
Charles
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