[WikiEN-l] Classification of China?

Sat Apr 26 00:19:05 UTC 2003

> From: Jimmy Wales <jwales at bomis.com>
> Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 05:22:53 -0700
> To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Classification of China?
> 
> Fred Bauder wrote:
>> I think the fundamental problem is that several parties to this
>> controversy essentially want an article written from a sympathetic
>> point of view. I suggest that they should have that freedom on
>> Wikipedia with critical views in a seperate article perhaps
>> entitled, China: A crititical view.
> 
> I think this is a very bad idea _for wikipedia_.  I think the idea of
> a website with critical essays written in wiki-fashion is an
> interesting one, but it isn't right for us.
> 
>> The problem are not limited to this
>> particular question but extend to deletion of mention of the democracy
>> movement and of Tiananmen protests.
> 
> Who deleted those things?  I would say that no article on China
> could be NPOV without discussing those things.

172, not really a new problem in his case.

Fred

> 
> --Jimbo
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