On 4/20/05, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
I think people are unfortunately eager to see a war where there isn't one -- at least not from my side. Larry deserves credit for his work, and no less.
Perhaps that's the Crossfire culture we live in these days. As John Stewart would say, egging this debate on is "hurting Wikipedia."
I'm glad you brought up NPOV vs. unbiased. In the essay, Larry mentions that this newfangled NPOV as a term was unnecessary, as the term unbiased would suffice. I disagree. I'm glad the project uses NPOV and created its own vision for the concept, because journalists in general scoff at the idea of an unbiased writer, reporter or editor. It would make Wikipedia more assailable.
Making NPOV a term the project could define and make its own was a good-thing.
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)