[WikiEN-l] Neutral point of view

[Marc Riddell]

> On 14/04/2008, WJhonson at aol.com <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
>> "Neutral point-of-view" is not a point-of-view, it is the absence of any
>> point-of-view.

on 4/13/08 9:02 PM, Ian Woollard at ian.woollard at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> No, that's a common misconception; and if it was true, that would
> rapidly create an empty wikipedia, *everything* written, *ever*, is
> somebody's point of view. For example, Newton's Principia was Newton's
> point of view, but we don't remove that from the wiki ;-)
> 
Ian, we're writing an encyclopedia. We're reporting on facts. Something
either happened or it didn't. Newton's Principia may have been his point of
view, but stating it in an encyclopedia is not.

Marc