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

[Katie Chan]

On 17/09/2013 03:33, Risker wrote:
>
> I am not certain that neutral point of view applies to all Wikimedia
> projects.  Wikiversity programs may deliberately examine one aspect of a
> subject while ignoring others, for example. It is difficult to apply the
> concept of  "neutrality" to images and other media, some of which is
> explicitly non-neutral (see the Jyllands-Posten Muhammed images).  I am not
> sure that "neutral point of view" applies to Wiktionary at all.
>
>

"Wikipedia 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia>, 
Wiktionary 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wiktionary>, 
Wikibooks 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikibooks>, 
Wikiquote 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikiquote>, 
Wikisource 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikisource> and 
Wikinews <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikinews> – 
but not Wikiversity 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikiversity>, 
Wikivoyage 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikivoyage>, 
Wikispecies 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikispecies>, 
Wikimedia Commons 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Commons>, 
the many "backstage" projects 
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Main_Page/Sisterprojects>, 
or Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Meta:About> 
– have a strict *neutral point of view* (NPOV) policy."
         -- <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Neutral_point_of_view>

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Katie Chan
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