> So? Is every single rule on Wikipedia completely determined by NPOV?

As to the best of my understanding
Each and every single rule on Wikipedia is completely determined by
WP:5P (and NPOV is one of them) in sense that no rule may contradict
to 5P.


On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Andre Engels <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 7:25 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 16 July 2010 17:58, Excirial <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> If a culture sees these images as highly offensive, and if the main
>>> complement of editors / readers agrees with this i wouldn't object to such a
>>> rule, as long as it remained in their local Wiki, with no attempts to force
>>> it on other wikipedia's. Every culture has its own inherent bias towards
>>> certain topics, and i don't believe that we should try to enforce a certain
>>> "Morale" on other people - in other words, country specific Wikipedia's
>>> should be granted some lenience in setting their own rules.
>>
>>
>> No, that's completely incorrect. Wikipedias are per language, not per
>> country, and no country owns the wiki in its language. Neutral point
>> of view is not local point of view.
>
> So? Is every single rule on Wikipedia completely determined by NPOV?
> If not, then there apparently is some leeway, some possibility of
> having different rules. And if that is the case, then isn't the
> Wikipedia thing to do to have those be decided by the local community?
>
>
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