[Foundation-l] Wikiversity

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Tue Aug 15 20:55:55 UTC 2006


Birgitte SB wrote:

>As far as Wikiversity goes I am not sure what their
>equivalent of NPOV or "Completeness" will be, but I 
>think it can be found by looking at the same issues
>that lead to biased articles at WP and excerpted texts
>being put up on the internet.  If we can outline the
>problems, then we may be able to form a policy that
>works to counteract them.  
>
To be sure, the interpretation of NPOV must vary according to the 
project.  It needs to allow for exploration outside the box in what may 
initially seem to be very much POV.  Any scientific hypothesis starts 
from a POV, and approaches NPOV through a succession of tests, reviews 
and reformulations.  It would be a shame if these intermediate steps 
were too quickly dismissed as some kind of policy violation.

>If someone wanted to research the orgins of Macedonian
>Nationalism what problems would you expect to
>encounter?  
>
Are you referring to contemporary Macedonian nationalism or the 
Macedonian nationalism of classical Greek times?  ;-)

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