[WikiEN-l] NPOV and how to find and maintain it

Andrew Turvey andrewrturvey at googlemail.com
Mon May 11 21:02:23 UTC 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam Korn" <smoddy at gmail.com> 

No. NPOV is not determined by consensus. Wikipedia's content is 
determined by consensus with NPOV being the guiding principle. 
Something does not become more neutral because fifteen Wikipedia 
editors say it's neutral. 

-- 
Sam 

True - the existence of a consensus supporting the text does not prove that the text is neutral. However, it is a good indication, particular if the raters come from a cross section of the community rather than just from those who edit the particular pages. 

Andrew 


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