Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View

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.

Now Wikipedia has a 'Neutral Point of View' policy, and 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'. The great weapon in the neutralist's arsenal is the Neutral Point of Viewpolicy itself. This tells you it is not what you believe to be true that is important – not even if you know it to be true, in the philosopher's justified true belief sense. What is important is that what you say is verifiable. 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, which will be documented in The Wikipedia Point of View,

• Neurolinguistic programming
• FT2
• NLP academy
• HeadleyDown
• The Structure of Magic
• Neutral Point of View