[WikiEN-l] Re: Example vs. Original research
Alphax
alphasigmax at gmail.com
Wed Jul 27 14:34:49 UTC 2005
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Haukur Þorgeirsson wrote:
>>Ultimately all of our opinions are just one more point of view, and
>>every statement is probabilistic. The near sphericity of the earth is a
>>POV with a very high probability of truth. If all Wikipedians (and we
>>are many) hold that POV than the NPOV will also be in that range as a
>>consensus Why would it be necessary to add that qualification if
>>no-one is disputing the shape?
>
>
> So, your answer to my question: "How many fundamentalists does it take to
> make something controversial?" is "One. As long as she's a Wikipedian."
>
> Or am I reading you wrong? :)
>
Well, that does it for me. I'm going to stick {{unreferenced}},
{{NPOV}}, {{disputed}} and {{whatwereyousmokingwhenyouwrotethis}} on as
many articles as possible :)
Or start nominating some FAs for VFD as being uncyclopedic. Starting
with [[Xenu]]...
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