[WikiEN-l] Notability on the skfields

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro at gmail.com
Tue May 15 01:36:20 UTC 2007


On 5/15/07, Gallagher Mark George <m.g.gallagher at student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>
> G'day geni,
>
> > On 5/14/07, John Lee <johnleemk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hm, if that's really an opinion and not a fact, just attribute
> > it to the
> > > resort, i.e. "The resort's management claims it is only
> > accessible by
> > > helicopter". And really, the issue of content is different from
> > the topic -
> > > how does this make it impossible to write a neutral article
> > about the
> > > resort?
> >
> > Because we then don't have any sources for any of the alternative
> > opinions. Thus the article is presenting only one POV.
>
> Now you're *really* clutching at straws.  Either that, or you're taking the
> piss.
>
> NPOV doesn't mean "you must find someone, anyone, who holds a differing view
> before you can print any statement".  That's called "balance", and it's why
> Fox News is so wonderful.
>
> ("Most experts claim the sky is blue.  However, Joe Bloggs, who lives in his
> parents' basement, plays Dungeons & Dragons all day, and has never seen the
> sun, says the sky is actually green with a nice pink polkadot effect.")
>
>
> Cheers,
>
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