[WikiEN-l] Political correctness vs NPOV

Thu Feb 24 06:19:58 UTC 2005

Just out of curiosity - does Political correctness apply as NPOV or as 
an ideology as described below?

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From: "Fred Bauder" <fredbaud at ctelco.net>
To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] When goals conflict: There is no "right" foreveryoneto edit Wiki
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:08:32 -0700

> 
> Certain religions and ideologies systematically devalue most of humanity.
> Wikipedia policies are a sustained assault against that frame of mind.
> 
> Fred
> 
> > From: El C <el.ceeh at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: El C <el.ceeh at gmail.com>, English Wikipedia 
> > <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:51:50 -0500
> > To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> > Subject: [WikiEN-l] When goals conflict: There is no "right" for everyoneto
> > edit Wiki
> >
> > When one editor sees another not as human but as sub-human,
> > intrinsically and irreversibly, such a dialogue, though it might find
> > formal expression, is a caricature by any stretch.
> >
> >> The hardest thing with Wikipedia is to realize that two editors with
> >> diametrically opposite views both still are humans, and still can be
> >> reasonable people. Denying that your opponent is also human is a grave
> >> error and leads to lots of bad things happening in the world.
> >
> >> For an example of a well-behaved, NPOV-writing nazi (albeit a convert)
> >> see Spandau: The Secret Diaries by Albert Speer.
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