[Wikipedia-l] Policy clarification: Undue weight

Tue Apr 11 08:47:41 UTC 2006

At 17:56 09/04/2006, you wrote:
>Point of view editing is not a content dispute. The policy is clear,
>but some chose not to implement it. Without looking at the articles
>involved it is impossible to tell what is going on.

How would you characterise the difference between a content dispute, 
and a point of view dispute? Presumably the latter is a policy issue?

Regards,
Ian Tresman

>Fred
>
>On Apr 9, 2006, at 10:14 AM, Ian Tresman wrote:
>
> > At 16:28 09/04/2006, you wrote:
> >
> >> This is an on-going problem. It is done both by those who
> >> misunderstand the policy and by those with a point of view agenda.
> >> The only reasonable recourse is to patiently discuss the policy. I'm
> >> not sure the section on undue weight could be made any clearer. If
> >> you are unable to negotiate successfully with those who have a point
> >> of view agenda please use the dispute resolution procedure. Please
> >> don't edit war with them.
> >>
> >
> >
> > This is the one policy where I have had almost a year of
> > "discussion". I have tried various dispute resolution processes, and
> > am invariably told that it is a content dispute (presumably because
> > nearly all policy relates to content).
> >
> > It seems to me that policy should be sufficiently clear for editors
> > to implement, not decide by consensus?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ian Tresman
> >
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