[WikiEN-l] Offensive photos policy

Thu May 13 00:53:20 UTC 2004

On May 12, 2004, at 7:01 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:

> Erik Moeller wrote:
>> Exactly. If you take a look at Talk:Clitoris/Image discussion, you 
>> will
>> see that all options were offered, and the option of *showing the 
>> photo
>> inline* (instead of just a link) got the most votes of all.
>
> This shows me that you are right that majority vote is not the right
> way to determine the correct result.  Majority vote is very frequently
> not helpful in finding or determining NPOV.

Indeed, this is MPOV: Majority Point of View.  The two are only the
same if there is a truly *overwhelming* majority.  Otherwise, NPOV
is a meta-wise compromise, so to speak.

Peter

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