On Jun 24, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Fastfission wrote:
"Captured"(???) and
"Correct"(!!!)? Those aren't good alternatives
to "Neutral".
The closest synonyms I can find to "neutral" which really get the same
meaning are "evenhanded", "impartial", and "disinterested".
Even these
are a bit too close to "objective" which is not the same thing as
"neutral" at all (you can be objective without being neutral).
Neutral is a great word. Instead of worrying about people
misunderstanding the acronym, which should take more time to explain
it to them, and try to avoid using acronyms alltogether if possible
(they are in-community practices which are opaque and potentially
misleading to those who are not used to them -- WP:FU is a great
example!).
I think we should replace "neutral point of view" (which is
abbreviated to the misunderstood acronym NPOV) to
"neutrality" (which, like "verifiability", is easier to understand).
--
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch