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

[The Cunctator]

On 8/9/06, Dabljuh <dabljuh at gmx.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:52:50 -0400
> "The Cunctator" <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Verifiability flows from evidence.
>
> Right right - but you say WP would have
> a bias towards verifiable information. That
> is just wrong - WP has not a bias towards
> verifiable information, but towards mainstream
> ignorance.

I meant as WP is intended, not necessarily in practice. However,
principles like citing sources and forbidding original research do
point articles in the direction of verifiable information.

The bias toward verifiable information may be weak, but it's there.