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List:       wikien-l
Subject:    Re: [WikiEN-l] Bounties for editors
From:       Philip Welch <wikipedia () philwelch ! net>
Date:       2006-04-18 22:47:35
Message-ID: A2EFF9E6-55F1-411C-9F9E-B02901D225D7 () philwelch ! net
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On Apr 18, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:

> I think rejecting any policy on the grounds that it may produce POV
> edits is flawed. Quite simply, the value of POV edits is not
> particularly high to anyone, unless they're being paid to maintain
> them. Any article will, over time, represent the POV of all its
> contributors, not just one. So, just as one NPOV crimefighter working
> on a Pokemon fan article (with apologies) will eventually see his work
> completely eroded, a nefarious POV pusher working on an otherwise
> neutral article will see his evil deeds go to waste. Wikipedia works
> because overall most articles have mostly more or less neutral
> contributors mostly contributing. (I couldn't get any more hedges into
> that sentence...)

Even if people *do* buy NPOV edits, they'll have wasted their money  
when those edits are deleted.

-- 
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch



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