[WikiEN-l] Creationism is not horse-shit, it's pseudo-science

Thu Jun 30 22:16:23 UTC 2005

> It's particularly foul-smelling icing, though.  NPOV certainly is
> compatible with not giving minority or conspiracy-theory opinions undue
> weight by inserting them everywhere or making them seem as if they're
> mainstream, but at the same time outright name-calling is a little
> inappropriate.  Saying, as Wikipedia, that Creationism is pseudoscience
> is across the line of good taste I think.  Not mentioning the
> young-earth theory in the intro to [[Earth]] may imply that we judge it
> as not being a serious scientific position, but outright saying
> "Creationism is a load of horse-shit" is a little more inappropriate.

No-one is proposing that we do. Pseudo-science is a
word with a particular meaning, not name-calling
(unless applied to something that isn't actually
pseudo-science).

There are, Godwin help me, nazi categories on Wikipedia.
That's not name-calling either, when used appropriately.

Regards,
Haukur