On 4/20/06, Tim Starling t.starling@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.
Sarah