[WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Committee Seeking Comment

Mon Jun 6 17:00:43 UTC 2005


Sean Barrett a écrit:
> steven l. rubenstein was annoyed to be reminded that he had stated for 
> the record:
> 
>> NPOV does not require that our article on the moon state, "According 
>> to some, the moon is made of green cheese, although virtually all 
>> astronomers disagree."  Don't laugh -- silly statements like this are 
>> easy to spot when we are talking about physical phenomena.  But they 
>> are much harder to spot when talking about historical and cultural 
>> phenomena, which is one reason why some content disputes are 
>> protracted and cannot be resolved by mediation alone.
> 
> 
> Silly statements that are so very hard to spot that they cannot be 
> rebutted and can only be corrected by rendering them unexpressible are 
> not silly.  They may be wrong, but they are not speedy-obliteration 
> candidates.
> 
> I am very worried that we are seriously discussing the formation of a 
> committee empowered to prohibit unpopular content from Wikipedia and to 
> ban those that feel that it is important to record it.

**seconded**

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