[WikiEN-l] Israeli-Palestinian neutrality

Mon Aug 4 16:58:28 UTC 2003

It's like the authoritative voice of documentary
broadcasting, its not NPOV, because it is not
inclusive, NPOV includes the differing POVs,
not silencing POVs that don't agree with majority
rule. IMHO NPOV is giving a voice to all POVs, and
stating what the controversies may be (sort of
like legal writing where dissents and "minority" holdings
are equally acknowledged).
alex756
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jimmy Wales" <jwales at bomis.com>
To: <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Israeli-Palestinian neutrality


> 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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