[WikiEN-l] Challenge: explain NPOV in a sentence.

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Dabljuh wrote:
<snip>
> Since your statement appears to imply that you want 
> constructive suggestions, here's one.
> 
> Give WP:NPOV a "facts override" clause. That is,
> if something is a simple and verifiable fact, npov is
> not meant to relativate it when a majority of people 
> are misinformed or simply don't like the information.
> 

All attempts to determine the Truth instead of the NPOV are predestined
to be complete failures for the simple reason that the Truth is a
construct of the mind and as such necessarily subjective.
-- Loom91's First Law

Wikipedia is not the venue for negotiating ultimate truth nor the secret
history of the world. They have Usenet for that.
-- Geogre's Law

Wikipedia is about verifiable facts, not truth. If it's truth you're
looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall.
-- Andjam's first law

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