[WikiEN-l] Re: minor issue, but still a npov warning

Sun Jan 16 21:25:01 UTC 2005

--- Rick <giantsrick13 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> What UTTER nonsense.  This has nothing do with bias,
> just a difference of outlook.  I CANNOT imagine how
> you can possibly consider this naming difference
> bias.  And I am offended that you believe that there
> is some sort of conspiracy among English-speaking
> Wikipedians to downgrade the accomplishments of
> other people.  How about cleaning up the French
> language Wikipedia before you start casting stones?
>  
> RickK
> 

Anthere is right, people tend to be more enthusiastic
about their own countries' successes than the success
of other countries. Its perfectly natural and requires
constant vigilance to stave off. Accepting feed back
is key, whether you agree with it or not.

Anthere's posts were polite and articulate, not 'stone
casting'.

> Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Stan Shebs a écrit:
> 
> > And you corrected them on this, right? This is
> absolutely nothing
> > to do with NPOV, 
> 
> Then we just do not have the same perception of what
> is neutral, this is 
> all. For me, naming things (like a polish city) may
> have to do with 
> neutrality of report.
> 
> > and it's unfair to hardworking editors to say
> > that they're biased and not doing anything about
> it. 
> 
> This is an unfair comment, as I mentionned that the
> articles were great.
> What I report rather tends to fit in systemic bias
> of Wikipedia.
> 
> There is a bias of the en wikipedia to have anglo
> success appears bigger 
> than they may appear to african people for example,
> just as there is 
> definitly a bias on the french wikipedia which makes
> France appear more 
> important that other french speaking countries.
> 
> We are all biaised, and little can be done about
> this.
> 
> 
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