[WikiEN-l] Re: Articles like "Violence against Israelis"

Sat Sep 4 01:12:05 UTC 2004

Delirium stated for the record:
> Generally, it'd be nice if people avoided editing articles 
> they had a very strong personal opinion about, or at least let someone 
> who didn't care much do a thorough re-editing afterwards.

There's something rather odd about the idea that we should only edit 
articles we don't really care about, and avoid working on articles that 
we do.  For one thing, most people are more knowledgeable about things 
they have "strong personal opinion[s] about," and those "who [do]n't 
care much" tend to be less knowledgeable.

I agree that NPOV is our ideal.  I disagree that avoiding matters we are 
passionate about is the way to strive toward that ideal.

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