[Foundation-l] It is high time we decided upon global Wikimedian principles

Mon Aug 4 18:10:37 UTC 2008

> 1. Original research - what exactly does it include? Can a certain
> Wikipedia redefine the notion of "state" and state: X is a state
> according to its own criteria?

Wikipedia is not there to make researches. So we don't redefine something. Your example seems more like a violation of NPOV. If the state of a state is disputed (for example Taiwan, or Cosovo), then it is disputed. It is recognized by some country and not recognized by other. That is it. We don't define a state as a state or not, we just describe things.

> 2. NPOV - Can the Dutch Wikipedia (for example) decide it defines a
> state according to the EU recognition, and state X is a state only
> according to EU diplomatic recognition, or is it a violation of NPOV?

It is a violation of NPOV. But this problem should be solved in the nl.wikipedia community.

> 3. Polling - can a Wikipedian community vote about excluding a certain
> person from writing? Can it vote about whether to except a certain
> source? Can the Spanish Wikipedia decide a source from Japan will never
> be regarded reliable?

Personally I share your opinion and am against such a poll. But I know that this happens in several communities, and I don't see the necessity to forbid them to do it, or to enforce other communities who refuse such a polling to do the same.

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