[WikiEN-l] Pseudoscience and pseudohistory
JAY JG
jayjg at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 30 18:57:20 UTC 2005
>From: Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net>
>
>Establishing the truth of a proposition, however obvious, as this is, is
>not the purpose of Wikipedia, nor the purpose of categories. Categories
>are an aid to the reader to in finding information.
>
>To take an example from a current arbitration case (Yoder); He removed the
>category "Geography of Israel" from the article on Golan Heights. His view
>was that having the article in that category established or somehow
>endorsed Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights. However the purpose of
>the category is to point the reader to the articles which have information
>which falls into the category, not to establish a fact.
Just to clarify, Fred is referring to User:Yuber.
Jay.
>
>Likewise [[cold fusion]] may be included in the Category Pseudo- science,
>without us knowing whether or not it can occur. It is enough that a the
>category is a useful guide to the reader. That can mean that articles may
>fall into contradictory categories, as it is not an exercise in logic but
>in finding information.
>
>Fred
>
>On Jun 30, 2005, at 10:00 AM, Haukur Þorgeirsson wrote:
>
>>And if someone uses Wikipedia in 50 years to demonstrate
>>to her friend that Creationism is pseudo-science that's
>>fine too. Because it is.
>
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