On 2/19/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
the Template namespace we are implicitly suggesting that these are endorsed by the Wikipedia community,
The evidence suggests they are accepted
Accepted <> endorsed or welcomed. I accept seeing piles of rotting rubbish on the street - I don't go out of my way to change it. But I don't welcome or endorse it.
Admitting your POV is the first stage towards atchiveing NPOV.
I don't know if that's true. It's helpful at some stage, but finding common ground is perhaps a better first step. Most semi-political arguments about US foreign policy seemed to start with people definining their allegiances ("I'm a republican") etc, and things rapidly degenerated.
Steve