[WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Committee Seeking Comment
Anthere
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Mon Jun 6 17:00:43 UTC 2005
Sean Barrett a écrit:
> steven l. rubenstein was annoyed to be reminded that he had stated for
> the record:
>
>> NPOV does not require that our article on the moon state, "According
>> to some, the moon is made of green cheese, although virtually all
>> astronomers disagree." Don't laugh -- silly statements like this are
>> easy to spot when we are talking about physical phenomena. But they
>> are much harder to spot when talking about historical and cultural
>> phenomena, which is one reason why some content disputes are
>> protracted and cannot be resolved by mediation alone.
>
>
> Silly statements that are so very hard to spot that they cannot be
> rebutted and can only be corrected by rendering them unexpressible are
> not silly. They may be wrong, but they are not speedy-obliteration
> candidates.
>
> I am very worried that we are seriously discussing the formation of a
> committee empowered to prohibit unpopular content from Wikipedia and to
> ban those that feel that it is important to record it.
**seconded**
Anthere
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