[Wikimedia-l] : WMF resolution on neutral point of view

[Fred Bauder]

> Hi all,
>
> I realize Resolution:Biographies of living people[1] implies this but I
> fail to see any resolution that establishes neutral point of view as one
> of
> our non-negotiable values. I think there is merit in having an
> over-arching
> resolution on a Neutral Point of View policy.
>
> I also feel Resolution:Biographies of living people suffers from the
> absence of such a definition of what exactly "neutral point of view"
> supposed to mean.
>
> [1]:
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Biographies_of_living_people

Neutral point of view is one of the founding principles of Wikipedia and
was promulgated by its founder, Jimmy Wales, and strongly supported by
its co-founder, Larry Sanger, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view&diff=270453&oldid=270452#The_original_statement_of_the_neutral_point_of_view_policy

The first edits to the page is dated November 10, 2001 but I think the
very first edits of that page are no longer available. It's not an
unwritten constitution...

Fred