[WikiEN-l] Re: Proposed policy on biographies: input sought

Mon Dec 19 18:57:51 UTC 2005

slimvirgin at gmail.com wrote:

> <snip>
>
>Because lots of editors focus on the centrality of NPOV, they feel
>they have to include a criticism from somewhere, anywhere, and you end
>up with an article that reads like this: "Jane Doe (born 1938) was a
>Roman Catholic nun and aid worker, described by the New York Times as
>'the embodiment of Christ on earth.' The Roman Catholic church has
>been heavily criticized for the willingness of its followers to
>interfere in the affairs of the developing world, according to
>Militant Magazine."
><snip>
>
>Sarah
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>
But if there is no published criticism of the nun, it certainly would 
not be POV to exclude the (obviously unsourced) criticism, no? NPOV is 
about representing all the different POVs about a subject without 
favouring any of them. If it so happens that there is only one 
(published) POV of a subject, then representing only that POV would be 
neutral, no? :-{

John Lee
([[User:Johnleemk]])