[WikiEN-l] Our Pal liberator

Mon Aug 4 19:38:36 UTC 2003

Well, at first it can *seem to go either way --
someone might come off as brash and blatant -- feeling
like they have to swing a sword around, and then they
calm down.  This obviously wasnt the case, and his
"edits" had about as much to do with politics as the
"homomorph" (?) guy did on Hephaestos's pages last
night. :) 

Its good not to jump to conlusions either way, but his
very first edit, moving Israel to "Zionist entity"
warranted an immediate ban, regardless of any attempts
to be neutral.
-S-

> It might be helpful -- though it is hard to say --
> if someone who
> considers themselves generally or overwhelmingly
> pro-Palestinian but
> NPOV could write to this person explaining NPOV and
> what not, and
> explaining that contributions like that are just
> going to be deleted,
> and that a more effective way to help the cause is
> to contribute
> materials that is simple and factual and
> uncontroversial.
> 
> One of the advantages of NPOV is that all of us
> believe fervently that
> everyone would agree with us if only they had all
> the facts.  So no
> matter what your POV, if you *really* believe in it,
> you will agree
> that simply laying out the facts, warts and all,
> will be sufficient to
> convince.
> 
> --Jimbo
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