[WikiEN-l] "Pseudoscience" as POV

Fri Jul 8 21:03:29 UTC 2005

I believe there is a  problem see

[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Climate_change_dispute/ 
Proposed_decision#William_M._Connolley.27s_objections_to_NPOV]]

Did not pass, to my regret.

Fred

On Jul 8, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Poor, Edmund W wrote:

> Just when you think you've got it figured out ... it changes!
>
> I thought we had all agreed that the Neutral Point Of View policy
> requires Wikipedia to take no sides in any controversy. I harbored the
> belief that when it comes to [[protoscience]], i.e., discoveries of  
> new
> scientific knowledge which have NOT QUITE been fully established,
> Wikipedia would avoid endorsing the new "knowledge" - at least pending
> final confirmation.
>
> If astronomers at Harvard, and professors at MIT, are still disputing
> the truth of the new hypothesis, maybe it's too early to enshrine  
> it as
> REALLY SO - and way too early to dismiss as [[pseudoscience]] all the
> skepticism which says that an alternate explanation is still viable.
>
> Along comes Dr. William Connolley and his mates. They have
> simultaneously begun a WikiProject to delete articles which (in their
> view) promote pseudoscience, and, wait for it...
>
> ...actually nominated Connolley for adminship!
>
> I marked up the nomination with strikeout text at four points and
> appended my signed corrections, and have been 3RR'ed into oblivion and
> threatened with my first-ever user block. What is this, the borking of
> Ed Poor?
>
> We need to tread carefully on this.
>
> Uncle Ed
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