[Wikipedia-l] Collective POV ("systemic bias") rampant

[Mark Williamson]

> I'm pretty willing to accept the fact that there is no way to write
> without writing to some cultural context. We cannot simply imagine a
> culturally unbiased perspective and then write from it. This systemic
> bias, real as it may be, is unavoidable. As such, I am unable to
> seriously consider it a problem.

I personally believe it is a problem, but that it cannot be solved at
the moment and that Wikipedia may seem a bit "sterile" without it.

However, I think we *do* need to be a bit more careful about things
which can be seen if you check carefully, such as "unfortunately"s and
"interestingly"s.

Mark