[WikiEN-l] NPOV majorities/minorities

[jayjg]

> On 5/10/06, jf_wikipedia at mac.com <jf_wikipedia at mac.com> wrote:
>
> On May 10, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Cheney Shill wrote:
>
> > Basically, it's an argument that you can apply policy however the
> > current majority of an article sees fit.
>
> My understanding is different. Editor's consensus cannot be used to
> bypass policy
>
> See:
>
> "NPOV is one of Wikipedia's three content-guiding policy pages. The
> other two are Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original
> research. Jointly, these policies determine the type and quality of
> material that is acceptable in the main namespace. Because the three
> policies are complementary, they should not be interpreted in
> isolation from one other, and editors should therefore try to
> familiarize themselves with all three. The three policies are also
> non-negotiable and cannot be superseded by any other guidelines or by
> editors' consensus."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NPOV
>
> I am missing something?
>
> -- Jossi

No, you're not.  Editor consensus does not override policy, though, at
times, new editors have attempted to re-write policy to allow this.

Jay.