[WikiEN-l] SPOV threatens NPOV

Mon Dec 12 20:00:50 UTC 2005

On 12/12/05, Chris Jenkinson <chris at starglade.org> wrote:

> Could you give an example of a "scientific point of view" which is not
> neutral point of view?
>
> Pseudoscience is not a POV pejorative term, as pseudoscience has little
> or no actual basis in reality. The fact that pseudoscience is 'wrong' is
> not a POV opinion, as it is true. Scientific observations have
> demonstrated the vast majority of pseudoscientific babble to be exactly
> that - babble.
>
> Wikipedia should accurately reflect truth - if people say something
> wrong, it is not POV for us to point out that it is wrong, and to show
> why it is wrong.
>
> Pseudoscientific ideas deserve a page (for historical value), but they
> don't deserve a voice in what is said in it, and the fact it's all wrong
> should be made crystal clear.
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Scientific_point_of_view

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