On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:40 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/4/22 Anthony <[email protected]>: > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Right, Wrong, True, False, White, Black, and so on do not exist. They > >> don't. No existence. They aren't there. Nowhere. Ok ... > > > Is that why the standard for Wikipedia is verifiability, and not truth? > > A statement of objective truth concerning subjective matters is beyond > the capacity of mere humans. Verifiability from reasonably reliable > sources is the closest approximation we can muster, in the quest for a > neutral overview of the view of a given topic from 20,000 feet. Wikiversity should have a course on this. The more Wikipedians you can convince of this line of thinking, the greater the chance of reaching your goals. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
