[WikiEN-l] Proposals for new policy/guidelines

Jonas Rand joeyyuan at cox.net
Thu Jun 5 00:29:30 UTC 2008


I believe that many of Wikipedia's current policies are flawed, and should 
be replaced by new ones, and/or new policies should be created. The neutral 
point of view policy is especially flawed in that there is no such thing as 
completely unbiased. Everyone has a bias, and it complicates things when 
people hide biases and pretend not to have them. Wikipedia should be an 
open, collaborative site where everyone can voice their opinions on a 
subject. This would be under a horizontal rule below the article.

Claims in an article should mostly be supported by sources, if they are 
scientific claims. It should also be a place where people experienced about 
a subject are respected and trusted if their claims are supported by other 
scientific publications. Original research, however, should also be allowed, 
if the research is extensive and sophisticated.

All opinions should be allowed.

Thoughts?

Jonas 




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