[WikiEN-l] Libel chill

[geni]

On 4/21/06, Michael Jennings <metarhyme at gmail.com> wrote:
> <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4cc603b0604210218i1e3bda8bk7fc75ac754817a05 at mail.gmail.com...
> > On 4/20/06, Tim Starling <t.starling at physics.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> >> In some cases, we may need to make a tradeoff between NPOV and risk of being sued ...
> >>
> > We have three content policies that are very effective when applied
> > together: NPOV, V, and NOR. When these are strictly adhered to, they
> > produce articles with neutral content and encyclopedic tone (NPOV)
> > that use only reputable sources (V), with the sources being used
> > correctly so that no novel narratives are created (NOR) -- articles
> > that are extremely unlikely ever to cause a problem.
> >
> > So I'd say it's not a question of sometimes needing to relax NPOV
> > because of a libel problem, but the opposite -- we need to enforce
> > NPOV and the other two policies rigorously, understand how they
> > complement each other, and realize that, jointly, they're our very
> > best protection.
> >
> Yes. There could be an NPOV patrol.
>

[[Category:NPOV_disputes]] already has over 2000 articles in it.


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geni