On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:36 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 2009/4/5 Oskar Sigvardsson <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> I think it's very clear that wikipedia has developed a very successful >>>> model, not least because many other wikis seem to almost automatically >>>> adopt our style and policies. In short: Wikipedia Works. >>> >>> >>> NPOV is our key innovation. Much more radical than letting anyone edit >>> the website. >> >> I agree. The only way a wiki that says "anyone can edit" can work is >> with NPOV. You can either enforce a POV by banning people who don't >> share your point of view, or you can explicitly endorse *no-one's* >> point of view. > > The obvious alternative is to allow point of view editing but structure > the wiki to include articles from diverse points of view, not an > innovation, editorial pages of major newspapers are typically structured > in that way. > >> (Similarly, NPOV would be extremely difficult to manage with a small >> base of users as discussion (and, to some extent, conflict) is >> essential.) >> > > Yes, but failures to present a complete spectrum of points of view can be > balanced by including a "NPOV" article imported from Wikipedia.
Or, indeed, by linking to the editorial pages of major newspapers from an "NPOV" article *on* Wikipedia... -- Sam PGP public key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sam_Korn/public_key _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
