“ | The great thing about NPOV is that you aren't claiming anything, except to say, "So-and-so argues that ____________, and therefore, ___________." This can be done with a straight face, with no moral compunctions, because you are attributing the claim to someone else. Even in the most contentious debates, when scholars are trying to prove a point, they include counter-arguments, at the least so that they can explain why the counter-arguments fail. | ” |
Policy
edit- Wikipedia:Describing_points_of_view (WP:NPOV explanatory supplement)
Each POV should be clearly labeled and described, so readers know:
- Who advocates the point of view
- What their arguments are (supporting evidence, reasoning, etc.)
Pseudoscience
edit[T]he task is to represent the majority view as the majority view and the minority (sometimes pseudoscientific) view as the minority view, and to explain how scientists have received or criticized pseudoscientific theories.
— WP:NPOV - Psuedoscience
Essays
edit- WP:RAISE - Author and publisher both determine quality of a source or citation
- Wikipedia:Verifiability,_not_truth#"But_I_know_the_truth!" (Verifiability)
Wikipedia only reports what the reliable sources say; it does not publish what its editors just believe is true.
Templates
edit- Neutrality templates
- Wikipedia:Template_index/Cleanup#Neutrality_and_factual_accuracy
- Template:POV_statement -
{{POV statement|Objection|date=August 2024}}
{{subst:NPOVN-notice}}
- Notify any editor who is the subject of a discussion
Miscellany
editVerifiability
editAll quotations, and any material whose verifiability has been challenged or is likely to be challenged, must include an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports[1]the material.
Notes
editReferences
- ^ A source "directly supports" a given piece of material if the information is present explicitly in the source so that using this source to support the material is not a violation of Wikipedia:No original research. The location of any citation—including whether one is present in the article at all—is unrelated to whether a source directly supports the material. For questions about where and how to place citations, see Wikipedia:Citing sources, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section § Citations, etc.