[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia article on [[Santorum (neologism)]]

[Fred Bauder]

> I've dropped Cirt a note and link to this thread, in case they weren't
> aware
> of it.
>
> As mentioned before, what is at the root of this is a wider problem
> though:
> to what extent we as a project are happy to act as participants, rather
> than
> neutral observers and reporters, in the political process.
>
> I'd say that neutrality is our best bet here, as anything else is likely
> to
> come back to us eventually. We should not make *undue* efforts to promote
> political or social campaigns.
>
> There is little in present policy to address this. WP:Activist is an
> essay.
>
> Andreas

It is addressed at:

Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion

One of our key policies.

"Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political,
religious, sports-related, or otherwise. Of course, an article can report
objectively about such things, as long as an attempt is made to describe
the topic from a neutral point of view. You might wish to start a blog or
visit a forum if you want to convince people of the merits of your
favorite views.[1] See Wikipedia:Advocacy."

Again, this is NOT rocket surgery.

Fred