On 27 Aug 2006, at 18:23, Cheney Shill wrote:
Scott Stevenson <wikinetscott(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Has anyone else noticed the lack of clarity on
the
[[Wikipedia:Neutral point
of view]] relative to images?
I realize it may seem like common sense but certain editors don't
seem to
understand the NPOV equally applies to images.
Due to this fact I've begun work on an addition to NPOV policy and
I was
wondering what others thought of it.
A separate policy page is probably not needed. It would make an
excellent addition as an example page. NPOV already is supposed to
apply to all content, that seems fairly obvious in the nutshell
portion, though it may be helpful to add "images" to the "includes"
list. The only other place "images" are explicitly mentioned is in
the Undue Weight section. Mentioning it in a more visible space
seems like minimal instruction creep and, I agree, apparently is
needed. Removing the examples from the nutshell portion and
replacing them with "ALL content" would fix that, unless NPOV is
supposed to be applied selectively to content.
I had thought that "All Wikipedia articles" covered all content,
but apparently "written" is taken in the most restrictive lawyer-
loop-hole sense.
I agree the main NPOV article is the best place to start (though I
couldn't resist the temptation to fix a couple of things anyway).
Otherwise we'll need separate sections for NPOV in animations,
diagrams, photographs, videos, B/W film, ...