[WikiEN-l] Israeli-Palestinian neutrality

Jimmy Wales jwales at bomis.com
Mon Aug 4 13:23:46 UTC 2003


Toby Bartels wrote:
> Eclictology wrote:
> 
> >Taking this one step further -- Neutral writing is often viewed by
> >partisans as seriously biased in favour of the opponents.
> 
> That's why interpreting NPOV as the middle ground is a big mistake.

Yes!  Yes, yes!

I think this is the key innovation of NPOV.  NPOV is writing that even
partisans can agree to, as opposed to the middle ground that no one
can agree to.

--Jimbo





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