[WikiEN-l] NOR contradicts NPOV

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/6/2009 5:40:09 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
cbeckhorn at fastmail.fm writes:

If by  "community" you mean "WP policy" then no such decision has been 
made. It  is perfectly acceptable to write certain articles entirely from 
primary  sources. Indeed, many biographical articles are written entirely 
from  primary sources. But I agree that most articles that can be based 
mostly  off of secondary sources should be based off of secondary  
sources.>>
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No, by community I mean that our policy was and is the creation of our  
policy editors.  And then the policy instructs the editors, who then modify  it 
again, and it then instructs again, in a feedback loop.   We as a  community, set 
our own policy, after the core nebulous concepts were  outlined.  I dispute 
that it is acceptable to write using solely primary  sources, or that our 
policy states that.  I also dispute that many of  OUR biographical articles are 
written entirely from primary sources.   If they are they should be flagged as 
problematic.
 
Will Johnson
 
 
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