Difference between revisions of "Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View"
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But it has become apparent that the NPOV policy has failed Wikipedia in many areas. This has happened for many reasons, to be documented in '''The Wikipedia Point of View'''. | But it has become apparent that the NPOV policy has failed Wikipedia in many areas. This has happened for many reasons, to be documented in '''The Wikipedia Point of View'''. | ||
| + | == Pseudoscientific topics == | ||
* [[Neurolinguistic programming]] | * [[Neurolinguistic programming]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | ** [[List of Neurolinguistic programming companies]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing]] |
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| − | + | == 'Alternative sexuality' topics == | |
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* [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Wikipaedophilia | Wikipaedophilia]] | * [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Wikipaedophilia | Wikipaedophilia]] | ||
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* [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Pederasty | Pederasty]] | * [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Pederasty | Pederasty]] | ||
| + | * [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/The_Structure_of_Magic | The Structure of Magic]] | ||
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| + | == Sceptics or scientists banned from Wikipedia == | ||
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* [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Flavius Vanillus | Flavius Vanillus]] | * [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Flavius Vanillus | Flavius Vanillus]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/HeadleyDown | HeadleyDown]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Dpeterson | Dpeterson]] |
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| + | == Editors hostile to sceptics == | ||
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| + | * [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/FT2 | FT2]] | ||
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| + | == Guide to Wikipedia == | ||
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| + | * [[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Neutral Point of View | Neutral Point of View]] | ||
* [[Section 230]] | * [[Section 230]] | ||
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| + | == Sceptics == | ||
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* [[Michael Heap]] | * [[Michael Heap]] | ||
* [[Sceptical associations and websites]] | * [[Sceptical associations and websites]] | ||
Revision as of 19:48, 20 July 2008
Welcome to The Wikipedia Point of View.
Pretty much any subject you search Google for – let's say 'Neurolinguistic programming', the article about it in Wikipedia comes first in the ranking. That makes Wikipedia an attractive target for determined groups of individuals who want to present their idea or product in a global market, free of charge. Join the encylopedia that anyone can edit, write an article about, let's say, Neurolinguistic programming, and you have as much free advertising as you want.
Wikipedia has a Neutral Point of View policy. This requires you to write not what you believe to be true – not even if you know it to be true, in the philosopher's justified true belief sense - but only what is verifiable. The theory is that any overtly biased article on NLP, crystal healing, or whatever, will be overwritten by someone else who will come along and edit the article to a more 'neutral point of view'. He, or she who can cite reputable, authoritative peer-reviewed research against the many strange and idiosyncratic views we encounter in real life, in quack medicine, from proponents of 'alternative sexuality' viewpoints, and so on.
But it has become apparent that the NPOV policy has failed Wikipedia in many areas. This has happened for many reasons, to be documented in The Wikipedia Point of View.
