> > That's a valid and subtle point. It's compounded by the fact that the > more > heavyweight sources tend to be more restrained in their tone, and the > more > lightweight sources, more shrill and emotive. > > NPOV as presently defined does not help us there: we are duty-bound to > reflect the shrill voices in their shrillness, and the authoritative > sources > in their restraint. > > I don't see this changing unless we can see our way clear to assigning > more > weight to authoritative sources, instead of the simple dichotomy of "not > reliable"/"reliable", where everything on the "reliable" side is given > equal weight, regardless of whether it is a gossip site or an > authoritative > scholarly biography. > > Andreas
No one is "obligated" to edit in a foolish way. Editorial judgment means use your OWN best judgment, and, if there are issues, discuss what weight to give various sources. Fred _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
