On 7/4/06, stevertigo vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
--- geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Nothing to do with NPOV. Just the old deletionist vs inculsionist battles.
Dont crap on my soapbox, kid.
No but seriously, it does relate to NPOV, as NPOV guides not only how articles are written, but what constitutes encyclopedicality... ness. People who understand what NPOV means will understand what an encyclopedia is.
Doubtful. Historicaly most encyclopedias have not been NPOV.
To say its just inclusion or disinclusion is to ignore the fact that the rationale for either must be NPOV, ie. encyclopedicality... ness. Otherwise Wikipedia becomes just a wiki and not a 'Pedia. Doesnt it?
S
Of course the problem here is that prior to wikipedia no one sat down to work out solid defintion of what an encyclopedia is.
NPOV does has a role to play of course. You use it along with the verifabiltiy stuff. Non only should there be enough information to write an article but enough to write an NPOV article. This does not appear to be universialy accepted though.