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Some people believe "Neutral Point of View" means you are supposed to write articles about serial killers in such a way that reading them would have no impact o
by IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
Some people believe "Neutral Point of View" means you are supposed to write articles about serial killers in such a way that reading them would have no impact on your willingness to let them marry your son.
- firefoxd 6y agoDon't mind me, just stealing this quote above. On a serious note, this is very well put. It's the nature of language to lean toward a direction.
- Kim_Bruning 6y agoThat's not what it means though. It just means that you write a statement in such a way that everyone agrees it is true. "the sky is green" , is obviously not likely to be accepted by many people. 'In his science fiction story foobarbaz written in 2002, John Smith asked: What if people said "The Sky Is Green"?' In this case, we can agree that the story is written, we can look it up in the library. (I made up the title in this case). NPOV and consensus intersect here: Consensus is reached when no-one disagrees, and NPOV is defined as a point of view that no one could possibly disagree with.