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Wikipedia:Scientific point of view
Sabtu, 2024-10-26 03:10:57

Wikipedia contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article or a Wikipedia policy, as it has not been reviewed by the community. Shortcut WP:SPOVWP:SPOV...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Scientific point of view/Noticeboard
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 10:00:13

Semi-recently created noticeboard that isn't being used for anything. Since WP:SPOV was a failed policy I don't think this is appropriate. Noformation Talk 20:36...

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Wikipedia:Which POV is the best?
Minggu, 2023-03-05 14:00:41

its competitors RationalWiki and Conservapedia. I asked, "What is best, SPOV, NPOV or CPOV?" Here was its response: All three of these approaches to writing...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/JoshuaZ/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:15:41

1) SPOV is not NPOV 2) What is SPOV is complicated. 3) How SPOV interacts with NPOV is complicated. 4) In general, when there is a coherent SPOV it should...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Fringe science/Evidence
Jumat, 2023-03-03 11:52:30

Wikipedia. Even SPOV, let alone debunking, is formally rejected by the community (till the recent Cold Fusion ArbCom at least). If debunking and SPOV are permitted...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Voice of All
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:36:39

and SPOV (scientific point of view)? On most topics, like Palpatine, there is no SPOV. On topics like wave function collapse there is only the SPOV, which...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Fringe science/Workshop
Sabtu, 2023-01-28 23:04:12

07:20, 30 December 2008 (UTC) Some thoughts.... Speaking of NPOV and SPOV, the SPOV functions in a manner similar to Wikipedia's sourcing policies and other...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Manning Bartlett
Rabu, 2026-01-21 16:29:30

tripped over myself using an old version of policy....nice answer concerning SPOV as well. Homestarmy (talk) 17:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC) Tony Sidaway 18:30...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Manning Bartlett/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:14:48

difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 23:53, 2 December 2007 (UTC) SPOV is not a recognised term within Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not RationalWiki
Sabtu, 2025-04-19 22:15:05

"snarky point of view" and "scientific point of view" (both abbreviated as SPOV) rather than a "neutral point of view" (NPOV), and publishes opinion, speculation...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deistic evolution
Selasa, 2026-01-06 20:46:17

self-proclaimed POV that is admittedly incompatible with WP:NPOV (see RW:SPOV.) There is an active copyright tag on the page, which could be addressed...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Folktronica
Selasa, 2026-01-06 19:57:28

(talk) 19:08, 3 March 2010 (UTC) I forked the article to Wikinfo. They allow SPOV and OR, so in time either make this article good enough to justify maintaining...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikinfo (5th nomination)
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 01:46:30

actually see about it), and is only used to back up the statement "They use SPOV instead of NPOV" 2- The second source is from this extremely unreliable website...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Golbez
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:54:30

say that SPOV would tend to prevail in those situations, if only because it has more reputable primary sources to cite. Generally, NPOV and SPOV will be...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Bensaccount
Sabtu, 2024-12-14 12:39:36

e. Bensaccount insists on reporting from the "Scientific Point Of View" (SPOV). {Add summary here, but you must use the section below to certify or endorse...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change/Workshop
Jumat, 2024-01-26 20:44:44

2010 (UTC) Do the arbitrators believe that WP:SPOV should be followed as it is written currently? Does WP:SPOV contradict WP:V? Are scientists to be considered...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Wildthing61476
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:56:03

difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? From reading the WP:SPOV article, it appears that SPOV is a component of NPOV, especially...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linnaean Lawn
Kamis, 2022-02-03 17:14:44

Seems to also be used in modern day creationism, and as we follow NPOV not SPOV its worth including. --Salix alba (talk) 17:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC) Delete...

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Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple/Archive11
Selasa, 2023-03-14 06:26:51

mod/admin/thing change my username to SPOV?Wikpedia 15:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC) Yes, kitten huffing is inappropriate. SPOV is acceptible. Name change complete...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive15
Sabtu, 2024-10-19 22:52:18

rules were changed to be SPOV, then things would be fine. There wouldn't be a fight, because everyone who said "NPOV not SPOV," and "follow WP:WEIGHT,"...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Cbrown1023/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2023-03-19 22:47:11

light. SPOV would be one of the routes to which articles attain a neutral point of view, so there really is not a different between NPOV and SPOV. Neutral...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of alleged UFO-related entities
Rabu, 2026-01-07 21:06:13

to bring them together. If anything, doing so supports, not opposes, the SPOV--I'd think any even partially rational person who might nonetheless think...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Martinphi
Kamis, 2022-03-24 12:33:45

say I'm a liar, because I really have been urging WP to go either way on SPOV. If it's gone SA's way, why wouldn't I congratulate him? If you know any...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change/Workshop/Issues
Jumat, 2024-01-26 20:44:27

2010 (UTC) Do the arbitrators believe that WP:SPOV should be followed as it is written currently? Does WP:SPOV contradict WP:V? Are scientists to be considered...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/John Reaves/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:17:15

any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?---- ragesoss (talk) 22:34, 16 November 2007 (UTC) I'm not familiar with SPOV but I do know that Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Nandesuka
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:15

between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Answer: To be flip about it, WP:NPOV is a fundamental Wikipedia principle, and WP:SPOV is an essay. More...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race and intelligence
Minggu, 2026-03-01 09:46:46

research scholarship and editorship, where SPOV is largely meaningless. But in narrow sense there are some SPOV implications interwoven in to the dispute...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Pilotguy/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2023-03-26 12:47:53

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:14, 5 November 2007 (UTC) Certainly...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Climate change/Evidence
Senin, 2025-04-21 16:13:12

related articles, the global warming related pages are edited according to WP:SPOV, despite this not being official policy. This then leads to tensions in which...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Proto
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:32

what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Hi Ragesoss. SPOV is not a term I've heard before (did you come up with...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Samuel Blanning
Senin, 2022-05-23 02:55:17

Havaname (Talk) 05:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Oppose - While response to SPOV was okay, it was uninspired and stock to almost to the point of being blunt...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Raymond arritt
Jumat, 2023-03-03 02:53:01

recently in WP:V, where you seemed to be advocating "scientific point of view" (SPOV). I completely agree with you that academic sources are almost always better...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive33
Jumat, 2023-04-21 22:34:30

summary", it was "all the ScienceApologist 'improvements' are designed as SPOV spin;" this was genuine; all of his edits were to promote the scientific...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/William M. Connolley 2
Senin, 2026-04-13 03:36:41

is not a open NPOV project ... it is to push a SPOV (William doesn't seem to adhere to NPOV, just SPOV). My attempt to "join" was deliberate to keep balance...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Nihonjoe
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:36:49

article is acceptable and should always take precedence over SPOV, especially since SPOV isn't even a guideline. ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:05, 26...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Wizardman/Questions for the candidate
Senin, 2023-02-20 07:59:17

problem with SPOV lies within its context. SPOV, according to the historical page, "should be written to the exclusion of all others" or "SPOV should be...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Deskana
Jumat, 2026-03-20 04:10:03

December 2007 (UTC) Amply qualified for the job. Support Good answer on the SPOV question in particular. Homestarmy (talk) 17:00, 6 December 2007 (UTC) Support...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Jeepday
Minggu, 2023-02-19 01:38:43

Oppose.Sweetfirsttouch (talk) 17:53, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose per NPOV/SPOV answer... the flat earth bit is a straw man, and has been repeated by more...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Harvestman
Selasa, 2023-03-14 21:13:20

Oppose candidate is to cavalier with his analysis of the topic related to SPOV. In particular, candidate seems to be too accomodationist and vaguely opposed...

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Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Zoophilia
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 05:18:20

need for it, etc. He also seems to be trying to impose his own version of SPOV. Issues perceived by user:Skoppensboer: The issue I have with FT2 is that...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 36
Kamis, 2023-02-09 15:42:17

(UTC) Well we have a standing committee on the matter. But seriously, WP:SPOV was rejected and I don't think changing NPOV to incorporate it would be a...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Shell Kinney
Rabu, 2022-07-27 19:41:02

2006-12-13t20:41z Support -- Candidate understands the issues regarding SPOV very well (school of hard knocks can be a real asset). I encourage those...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Deskana/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:21:25

difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC) WP:SPOV is an old proposal that suggested we...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Nihonjoe
Jumat, 2026-02-06 02:23:53

“Ta fys aym”. 09:59, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Oppose unfamiliarity with SPOV issues apparent in candidate's first brush attempt to describe the problems...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Australian ufology
Senin, 2026-01-05 14:41:45

the nominator supports having articles with a scientific point of view (SPOV), when we aim to be from a neutral point of view. The claims of science and...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikinfo (4th nomination)
Selasa, 2023-03-07 18:50:06

Wikipedia. It doesn't actually discuss Wikinfo beyond the mention its an SPOV fork of Wikipedia. The second source mentions Wikinfo in only one sentence...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/The prophet wizard of the crayon cake
Jumat, 2023-03-24 16:13:24

--ElaragirlTalk|Count 19:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC) Oppose -- terrible response to SPOV question. Seems to evince a lot of popular misconceptions that an encyclopedia...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive109
Senin, 2025-10-06 19:11:50

block log). (Evidence: identical user page, in one case created by SPOV.) Due to SPOV's edits to the user page of EntmootsOfTrolls (talk · contribs · deleted contribs ·...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Depression and natural therapies
Selasa, 2026-01-06 11:11:41

presented (double plus if supported by WP:RS), I'm just saying that if the SPOV is "this is bunk", that's not grounds for deletion. Pete.Hurd (talk) 05:35...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/UninvitedCompany
Minggu, 2026-01-18 18:46:50

to SPOV question was so anti-science as to be ridiculous. The question was not "does science answer everything", the question was related to the SPOV issues...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/John Reaves
Senin, 2023-03-13 21:01:14

(talk) 17:53, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose per lack of knowledge about NPOV/SPOV issue. Skinwalker (talk) 18:19, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose over his lack...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/NHRHS2010/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:58:16

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 17:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC) I'm withdrawing...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for FloNight
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:54:19

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Thanks, good first question for me on a subject...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Misza13
Senin, 2023-04-03 16:46:37

(talk) 17:57, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose per content-free answer to NPOV/SPOV question. Skinwalker (talk) 18:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose - The arbcom...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Hemlock Martinis
Senin, 2023-03-13 21:04:14

Oppose.Sweetfirsttouch (talk) 17:52, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose per NPOV/SPOV answer. Skinwalker (talk) 18:15, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose - The arbcom...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience
Jumat, 2026-03-27 21:02:34

above-linked comments from the NPOV FAQ as a way to resurrect the deprecated WP:SPOV. It's as if so-labelled pseudoscientific topics have magically become exceptions...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Mercury/Questions for the candidate
Senin, 2023-02-20 04:31:22

NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?---- ragesoss (talk) 22:35, 16 November 2007 (UTC) Neutral point of view is just that, neutral. A SPOV can be biased...

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia
Sabtu, 2023-02-11 09:33:17

2009 (UTC) Keep and perhaps add Template:historical as was done with WP:SPOV. Otherwise, the present version of the page, sans the deletion template,...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/John Reid
Jumat, 2026-01-23 20:27:59

December 2006 (UTC) Support -- Candidate's response to question regarding SPOV was better than many of the more seasoned editors. --ScienceApologist 16:35...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Jpgordon
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:54:46

Wikipedia as fact? An SPOV encyclopedia would simply say "this is hooey"; Wikipedia has to say "Scientists say this is hooey". SPOV would also require a...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Radiant
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:46

difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? I must say I haven't seen the term "SPOV" around much, but I would say that neutral...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive F
Jumat, 2026-03-20 23:43:40

Mar 27, 2005 (UTC) Wikipedia:Scientific point of view (WP:SPOV) is a discussion on SPOV and NPOV. Criticism and further development of ideas, improvemtn...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive125
Minggu, 2025-08-17 23:42:26

going to happen is that admins, many of whom are clueless about things like SPOV=NPOV in science and medicine, will think the loudest whiner is the one in...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive611
Rabu, 2022-05-25 17:59:42

We should draft and adopt a SPOV policy. Editors on any article can decide by consensus that they want to let the SPOV policy apply to their article...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Flcelloguy
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:37:03

is based on faith, not science; a SPOV would dictate that such an article be deleted or removed. In addition, an SPOV would also violate some of our other...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/FT2/Questions for the candidate
Selasa, 2025-02-18 09:53:24

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss (talk) 04:45, 26 November 2007 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Stifle/Questions for the candidate
Senin, 2023-02-20 20:07:31

difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 17:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC) I'm not sure. WP:SPOV is historic and has one edit...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Kylu
Jumat, 2025-12-26 18:19:38

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View is significantly...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Shell Kinney
Rabu, 2026-01-21 16:35:12

moral support. There is sometimes an important difference between NPOV and SPOV. But she's a good guy. ——Martinphi ☎ Ψ Φ—— 05:33, 12 December 2007 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Rebecca
Minggu, 2024-10-20 09:24:15

who admit up front that there really isn't any difference between NPOV and SPOV. Thanks, Rebecca. ScienceApologist (talk) 16:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC) Support...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/District Attorney's Office
Rabu, 2026-02-11 17:10:15

brings on trouble!!! On Wikinfo, One can write a SPOV article and another writes a "Criticism" of the SPOV article. People stay out of each other's hair...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Improv
Minggu, 2026-01-18 19:58:46

delicate matters such as those the candidate discussed in the response to his SPOV question. However, I am concerned that even though the candidate seems to...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive93
Senin, 2023-03-13 08:14:09

"praise" section, and to have both is to spiral into the bulgy-eyed valley of SPOV. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:11, 25 April 2006 (UTC) This time as 24.136...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive526
Senin, 2025-01-20 20:44:43

its name. (sorry, Martin, but I'm just tired of circular arguments over SPOV, I want to get some real work done at those pages. If I wanted to argue to...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Alexia Death
Kamis, 2024-05-09 03:26:43

Sweetfirsttouch (talk) 17:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Lack of a detailed answer to NPOV/SPOV question, as well as concerns raised above. Skinwalker (talk) 18:07, 5 December...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/David Fuchs
Rabu, 2026-01-21 16:24:49

Diablo (talk) 14:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose per evasive answer to NPOV/SPOV question. Skinwalker (talk) 18:08, 5 December 2007 (UTC) --Cactus.man ✍ 18:28...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive76
Sabtu, 2023-04-08 01:26:39

persecuting people. Why can't I put an external link such as "Please see SPOV article at [Wikinfo:Subject name]" or "For original research material on...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Kylu
Rabu, 2022-05-11 23:32:21

scientific controversies as evinced by a rather poor response to the question on SPOV. --ScienceApologist 16:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Oppose MediaMangler 09:58...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive151
Selasa, 2024-11-26 13:23:43

policy will be met with great resistance and hostility. Attempts to create SPOV (sympathetic point of view) will be similarly met. And no, not all ArbCom...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/MastCell/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:14:41

NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 23:53, 2 December 2007 (UTC) While there is some overlap on scientific topics, NPOV and SPOV are distinct...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/FayssalF
Jumat, 2026-01-23 20:34:07

22:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC) Per Daniel and the fact that your answer on SPOV shows lack of clue.--Docg 01:18, 4 December 2007 (UTC) I've regrettably changed...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive142
Senin, 2023-04-03 15:24:45

diff five days ago. I formally had her listed as a suspected sock of User:SPOV because of the incredibly similar userboxes. She also reported an autoblock...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 26
Sabtu, 2026-03-07 05:14:30

didn't include substantive participation from people outside the group of SPOV proponents who take a hard line on topics such as Homeopathy. We received...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive381
Selasa, 2026-03-17 21:53:29

same topic. And ANY changes to those articles that are not in line with the SPOV grouping is immediately reverted and the contributor harassed until they...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Phil Sandifer
Jumat, 2023-03-24 09:55:37

exclusion of ideas not understood as evinced by candidate's response to SPOV question. --ScienceApologist 17:03, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Weak oppose. the...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive386
Minggu, 2026-03-15 15:27:29

currently socking and evading his ban fairly actively to advance his view on the SPOV/expert withdrawal issue. A representatively constructive comment describes...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/White Cat/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:04:03

and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:16, 5 November 2007 (UTC) This really had been a serious controversy from time and time again. SPOV is...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive362
Sabtu, 2025-08-02 13:39:06

(and other article pages he has managed to delete), there's still plenty of SPOV and SqueakAttacks to be documented if ever there is a need. I agree that...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive218
Kamis, 2026-02-05 21:24:26

also seems to me that the current version of the article is excessively SPOV (sympathetic point of view) and I'm concerned that it's misleading. I'll...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive131
Senin, 2022-05-30 23:16:35

reconciliation and fact-checking of these various sources is where WP:V and SPOV meet at WP. Science is how I refer to science practiced with integrity and...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive140
Selasa, 2024-11-26 11:20:53

option, at least if one continues to prefer NPOV over Subject's POV -- alas, SPOV has been preempted as an abbreviation. The only reason I do not myself revert...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive371
Minggu, 2023-07-23 16:39:18

only want editors that will edit to their liking. NPOV is not the goal, "SPOV" or their POV is. Fair warning: If you have even the slightest disagreement...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Phil Sandifer
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:27

equivalence of NPOV and SPOV, or the declaration that SPOV trumps NPOV in some cases. Rather, it situates the relationship of SPOV to other views in a way...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 24
Rabu, 2025-09-24 21:19:15

still discussing the stance of where SPOV fits into things here. Right now there is a movement to make the SPOV a part of policy regarding the way scientific...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive94
Minggu, 2025-05-25 23:05:39

needs to be fixed, namely that a small number of users are trying to impose SPOV on certain articles, and now on the policies. SlimVirgin (talk) 21:44, 30...

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Wikipedia:Editor review/ScienceApologist
Jumat, 2023-02-10 02:25:41

civility issues' and move on. You'll most likely be asked about NPOV and 'SPOV', whatever that means. Have an answer. Make it more than a sentence long...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Can't sleep, clown will eat me
Rabu, 2024-10-02 03:34:02

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? The Scientific point of view proposal was rejected...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Giano II/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:19:20

However, SPOV tell us that the moon is in fact a round ball or a globe but from where most of us view the moon it is flat but we accept the SPOV. NPOV and...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive174
Jumat, 2025-12-19 19:17:24

battling kooks, there is a huge danger of this being used by people who prefer SPOV to NPOV to run off their opponents. Gah Gah. No. You want a secularliberalpedia...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive510
Minggu, 2022-09-04 06:09:52

PhilKnight and you basically said I shouldn't refer to ScienceApologist's SPOV or editing methods in my comments or edit summaries. I'm still unclear on...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amy Sequenzia (2nd nomination)
Rabu, 2025-12-10 02:20:31

22:22, 20 June 2019 (UTC) Yup, maybe an encyclopedia which does not take WP:SPOV seriously would be a better choice. Tgeorgescu (talk) 22:26, 20 June 2019...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive642
Jumat, 2024-05-10 14:35:16

in the climate change area, this means that Wikipedia needs to adopt WP:SPOV. Count Iblis (talk) 21:26, 24 September 2010 (UTC) I agree that the system...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive566
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 22:58:20

back when they had actual silver in them) and I'm admittedly one of the SPOV-with-appropriate-balance crowd, but they won't let me into the cabal. ;)...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Blnguyen
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:54:03

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? I don't think it would make a large difference...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive AA
Jumat, 2023-03-10 10:44:00

fact. So in closing we shouldn't hold Wikipedia to SPOV because well most encyclapedias arn't SPOV. Deathawk 02:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC) But the point is...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1056
Senin, 2026-01-26 13:11:31

WP:ARBPS. By uncanny knowledge I mean knowing that WP:NPOV boils down to WP:SPOV in scientific matters. Tgeorgescu (talk) 21:35, 18 January 2021 (UTC) I was...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive55
Rabu, 2025-09-24 21:18:45

Hello. I found someone with an inappropriate username User:CFIF. He makes all sorts of broadcast media related edits and may be confused with radio station...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive273
Kamis, 2025-05-29 08:35:39

which seems best, so I will not be that closer. I think something like WP:SPOV should be a guideline, but some believe WP:NPOV contradicts it.) — Arthur...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 114
Selasa, 2025-09-23 20:25:05

help much. The result of this is that in many controversial areas the NPOV/SPOV has a tendency to match the preconceptions of a majority of those WPedians...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Nandesuka
Minggu, 2026-01-18 18:48:22

his admin power CoYep 14:10, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Oppose -- Response to SPOV question misses issues related to WP:OR, WP:V, and WP:RS in favor of a neofascist...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 52
Selasa, 2022-05-17 01:07:56

inspired in part by WP:SPOV but avoid some of the major pitfalls of that particular proposal. In particular, the idea that SPOV even exists is a real problem...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement/Archive204
Jumat, 2025-08-29 07:42:34

failed to achieve consensus because many editors opposed it? What about WP:SPOV, also a failed proposal, right? Of course I agree that Wikipedia completely...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Starblind
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:36:46

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? (Note: The ArbCom has traditionally stayed away...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Declined requests
Kamis, 2026-08-13 08:21:18

Declined 2008-01-31 - diff Webby Awards - Declined 25 January 2008 - diff SPOV and civility in fringe articles - Declined 23 January 2008 - diff Austrian...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Merovingian
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:10

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? The Scientific Point of View is, by definitely...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for PMA
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:19

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Thank you for volunteering to take on this task...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Thebainer/Questions for the candidate
Sabtu, 2022-12-10 11:18:20

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 05:59, 10 November 2007 (UTC) Both...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Improv
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:54:37

that I think that it is superiour to SPOV in any way. It's what we use on Wikipedia. I personally might wish that SPOV be satisfied before NPOV be considered...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Jeepday/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:15:48

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 23:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC) All Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Jpgordon
Senin, 2022-05-23 02:55:12

2006 (UTC) Oppose weasely though surprisingly argumentative response to the SPOV question does not inspire confidence in candidate's abilities to adjudicate...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Kirill Lokshin
Sabtu, 2024-10-19 20:01:09

December 2006 (UTC) Oppose candidate's answer to the question regarding SPOV seems to ignore the delicate nature of the controversies that can arise....

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/FayssalF/Questions for the candidate
Kamis, 2024-05-09 02:01:24

(if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 23:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC) In Wiki context, NPOV and SPOV share the same basis and...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Will Beback
Rabu, 2026-01-21 16:31:16

(UTC) Oppose, sorry; no. Huldra (talk) 08:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC) Oppose SPOV response was stock and vague not evincing any sort of confidence in candidate's...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 47
Senin, 2025-09-01 03:17:33

context of a pseudoscientific topic is always a science-related context (ie. SPOV). The current text reads: The task before us is not to describe disputes...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 41
Rabu, 2023-02-08 20:37:30

on whether people feel they will support their view (e.g.do you support SPOV? could become a litmus test) - as some sort of election would be necessary...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive AP
Sabtu, 2026-02-21 16:01:38

that this is a nuiance but it seems almost like the difference between WP:SPOV and WP:NPOV. Since science is the right answer then it will show up in a...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Misza13/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:14:28

NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC) As far as I understand the (rather vague) definition on WP:SPOV, the differences...

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Wikipedia:Village pump/Archive P
Sabtu, 2022-01-22 00:33:45

Come on, this is hardly SPOV. scapegoating?. And while you've largely been SPOV about Hitler, you're totally NSPOV (not SPOV) about Treaty of Versailles...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Flcelloguy
Sabtu, 2024-10-19 23:00:21

to create a less-reliable encyclopedia. Answer to the question regarding SPOV took an article-by-article stance on the subject rather than addressing the...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Will Beback
Senin, 2022-05-23 02:55:18

engaging in meat puppetry. --Scandum 01:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Oppose SPOV response was stock and vague not evincing any sort of confidence in candidate's...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 September 1
Minggu, 2026-03-08 00:48:59

know that NPOV does not allow us to entrench a POV, and certainly not a SPOV. Those are the breaks, that's what we all signed up for. Purported and claimed...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Paul August
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:22

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? I don't know what you mean by "scientific point...

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Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Apartheid
Rabu, 2026-07-29 09:10:52

that WP should follow SPOV rather than NPOV (the established policy), this editor is of course free to follow NPOV rather than SPOV. Same goes here: I may...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Paul August
Kamis, 2026-02-19 10:21:04

articulation with regards to issues surrounding controversies of science and SPOV means I cannot support this candidate. --ScienceApologist 17:01, 14 December...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Macedonia/Workshop
Jumat, 2011-05-27 08:31:16

It seems too much like taking a Wikinfo-style sympathetic point of view (SPOV). I'm not asking the ArbCom to state whether RoM or FYROM should be the standard...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archives/S
Rabu, 2008-02-06 21:11:05

Suspected sockpuppetry by blocked user Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of SPOV Suspended ban Suspicious activity at Talk:Broly Suspicious contributions...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Monsieurdl/Questions for the candidate
Rabu, 2025-11-12 20:24:27

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC) A1. This...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Doc glasgow
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:54:14

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? A: Sounds awfully like a content dispute to me...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Vote/Alex Bakharev
Sabtu, 2023-06-10 18:06:13

23:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC) Oppose -- in response to question regarding SPOV, this person evinced a poor understanding of the unique requirements of an...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Onion Juice Therapy
Kamis, 2026-01-08 14:01:47

issues here. Wikipedia is not about our western views of "truth" (ie not WP:SPOV) but rather WP:NPOV which permits significant minority view points. As such...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Daniel
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 06:17:09

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Although I could say "ArbCom answers conduct...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Kirill Lokshin
Kamis, 2026-01-01 08:57:49

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? In practice, I don't think there's a particularly...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 November 12
Selasa, 2022-04-05 11:45:49

to bring them together. If anything, doing so supports, not opposes, the SPOV--I'd think any even partially rational person who might nonetheless think...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Alexia Death/Questions for the candidate
Rabu, 2023-03-01 04:08:47

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?---- ragesoss (talk) 22:33, 16 November 2007 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 12:29:03

aware of it, the problem is that some want to use it as a backdoor to slip SPOV into our policies. NPOV is not negotiable, period. --Dragon695 (talk) 23:16...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Vote/Moreschi
Jumat, 2026-01-23 20:28:43

17:04, 6 December 2007 (UTC) Opppose I might be reading it wrong, but your SPOV answer sounds like Wikipedia should blatantly accuse ideas that aren't mainstream...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Cold fusion/Evidence
Minggu, 2024-06-02 08:24:04

official goals of Wikipedia, but that is incorrect. He is a proponent of SPOV (with an extreme interpretation)[131][132][133][134], which has been rejected...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Vote/SirFozzie
Rabu, 2024-05-01 09:27:52

2008 (UTC) Prodego talk 03:59, 1 December 2008 (UTC) Oppose. Talking about "SPOV versus NPOV wars" is the wrong idea of the role of science on Wikipedia....

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2007 September 1
Selasa, 2022-04-05 16:44:43

actually see about it), and is only used to back up the statement "They use SPOV instead of NPOV" 2- The second source is from this extremely unreliable website...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Special/2008-12/G-K
Senin, 2023-07-24 05:46:18

the community for it. I've been called "anti-science" for misinterpreting SPOV. I blocked a trolling IP for voting against me in the last ArbCom election...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Crazytales56297
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:37:07

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? In science-related articles, none. However, in...

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Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation/RFC
Selasa, 2023-03-14 19:30:51

resolve the entire dispute; it certainly will not solve the debates about SPOV, BLP, reliable sources, etc. But I do think it should be given a shot, for...

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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 December 2
Sabtu, 2023-03-25 22:53:23

such a template tempts editors of all stripes to use it to perpetuate RPOV/SPOV debates while pretending to be talking about something else, and a primar...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 January 5
Selasa, 2022-04-05 12:03:52

presented (double plus if supported by WP:RS), I'm just saying that if the SPOV is "this is bunk", that's not grounds for deletion. Pete.Hurd (talk) 05:35...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Hemlock Martinis/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:20:32

difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC) WP:SPOV is outdated and historical for a reason...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 May 7
Selasa, 2022-10-18 07:43:29

issues here. Wikipedia is not about our western views of "truth" (ie not WP:SPOV) but rather WP:NPOV which permits significant minority view points. As such...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2007 May 31
Sabtu, 2024-07-13 01:34:03

Wikipedia. It doesn't actually discuss Wikinfo beyond the mention its an SPOV fork of Wikipedia. The second source mentions Wikinfo in only one sentence...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 920
Minggu, 2026-03-22 01:22:04

interested. See RationalWiki. I like the suggestion that, unlike us, it takes a SPOV ('snarky point of view'!), Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:17, 11 March 2019...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ragesoss
Minggu, 2026-02-22 21:01:13

December 2006 (asking an important question of the candidates about NPOV vs SPOV) and work done at Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science. On that basis...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 9
Kamis, 2026-04-16 19:35:47

theories have no relevance. The community explicitly rejected a proposed WP:SPOV guideline which would have preferred scientific points of view over others...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2014 May 5
Jumat, 2023-03-03 20:57:37

sufficiently neutral. The correct meaning of NPOV (and ofr that matter, SPOV) is that an objective presentation of even the most folly-ridden subject...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 August 2
Rabu, 2022-10-19 03:25:26

the nominator supports having articles with a scientific point of view (SPOV), when we aim to be from a neutral point of view. The claims of science and...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2010 March 9
Jumat, 2023-03-03 22:36:33

(talk) 19:08, 3 March 2010 (UTC) I forked the article to Wikinfo. They allow SPOV and OR, so in time either make this article good enough to justify maintaining...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Endlessdan/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:23:44

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:12, 5 November 2007 (UTC) I think...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Objective validity of astrology
Rabu, 2023-03-01 16:46:48

astrology - scientists, skeptics and debunkers do, so, if anything, the title is SPOV. Numerous suggestions have been made with respect to the title. What is yours...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 15
Minggu, 2023-12-17 01:02:00

00:17, 17 June 2008 (UTC) The gist of PelleSmith's argument is similar to "SPOV is the same as NPOV", which didn't gain consensus. I think he is in effect...

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/JzG2
Minggu, 2026-07-19 19:15:59

06:45, 5 March 2008 (UTC) Endorse I don't see eye-to-eye with JzG on some SPOV issues, dealing with lack of positive, *nonpartisan* feedback, battle damage...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2019 July 5
Jumat, 2023-03-03 18:55:23

self-proclaimed POV that is admittedly incompatible with WP:NPOV (see RW:SPOV.) There is an active copyright tag on the page, which could be addressed...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UFO sightings in outer space (3rd nomination)
Selasa, 2025-11-18 23:31:03

sufficiently neutral. The correct meaning of NPOV (and ofr that matter, SPOV) is that an objective presentation of even the most folly-ridden subject...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 November 12
Kamis, 2023-02-09 19:21:28

him, I am not the least agnostic about their existence. I take a purely SPOV to the subject of their real existence, but there is no doubt that there...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 8
Jumat, 2024-02-16 21:27:32

viewpoint has been subjected to peer review by that body. By rejecting WP:SPOV, the community indicated that it does not favor academic viewpoints over...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Alex Bakharev
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:53:51

between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? WP:NPOV is a well established and described policy. Honestly, I do not know what is SPOV. Obviously if...

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Wikidudeman
Jumat, 2023-03-03 03:00:16

here that they're opposed to WDM because he's too SPOV (scientific POV). Of course, I prefer the SPOV (where it matters, say science articles and the related...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Paranormal/Workshop
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 04:47:44

23:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC) Oppose. SPOV is not a NPOV. A neutral point of view is best represented by objectivity. SPOV explicitly states and takes a POV...

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Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 December 11
Minggu, 2023-01-29 02:30:30

the existence of a category for articles about practices which, from the SPOV, are quackery?" Bkalafut 18:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC) I agree with you up...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Autism epidemic
Jumat, 2025-01-10 03:32:31

articles here. -- Fyslee 08:20, 6 April 2006 (UTC) Wikipedia has not adopted an SPOV policy and is committed to NPOV. Read up about it. --Leifern 01:06, 7 April...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Physchim62/Questions for the candidate
Rabu, 2023-03-15 11:11:46

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 22:57, 6 November 2007 (UTC) Answer...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Matt Yeager
Rabu, 2006-12-13 04:21:20

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? We have to be careful what we call "scientific"...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/RFC
Jumat, 2011-05-27 08:48:42

be guarded against is the possibility of drifting from NPOV and toward an SPOV (specialist/sympathetic POV) where the view of so-called specialists dominates...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements/Wizardman/Questions for the candidate
Sabtu, 2023-04-08 00:27:42

be left, I'll just start over. You say in your oppose that I was framing spov and npov as a battle that npov must win, and badger drink pinned me as a...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2019 June 16
Jumat, 2023-03-03 18:54:39

22:22, 20 June 2019 (UTC) Yup, maybe an encyclopedia which does not take WP:SPOV seriously would be a better choice. Tgeorgescu (talk) 22:26, 20 June 2019...

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Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals/Archive7
Selasa, 2026-01-27 02:30:13

etc etc come to mind as worthy recipients. This is not just about ensuring SPOV, NPOV or reverting vandalism, but about arguing and defending against trivial...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for freakofnurture
Minggu, 2022-02-20 22:26:13

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ragesoss...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for The prophet wizard of the crayon cake
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:36:41

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? A point of view that is neutral is one that does...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine)
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:40

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Probably the same difference as between Creationism...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Slrubenstein
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:07:18

We should draft and adopt a SPOV policy. Editors on any article can decide by consensus that they want to let the SPOV policy apply to their article...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Sam Blacketer/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:08:53

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss (talk) 04:48, 26 November 2007 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/The Real Global Warming Disaster/1
Senin, 2010-09-06 03:49:10

delist" - The delisting proposal is an attempt to push fringe Wikipedia SPOV policy by bashing a NPOV article. The article is sufficient for "Good" criteria...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience/Workshop
Sabtu, 2023-05-06 15:31:06

by Guy 23:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC) This strikes me as equivalent to WP:SPOV, which has not been accepted by the community (for better or worse). --EngineerScotty...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Newyorkbrad/Questions for the candidate
Kamis, 2026-02-05 01:01:03

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 04:03, 1 November 2007 (UTC) Answer:...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements/Rlevse/Questions for the candidate
Jumat, 2023-04-21 14:18:34

article? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 02:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC) Well remember the WP:SPOV was rejected in favor of WP:NPOV, I think holding the idea that NPOV is tops...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Dreamafter/Questions for the candidate
Kamis, 2007-11-22 08:39:23

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC) Well,...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Rebecca/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:09:00

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 23:54, 2 December 2007 (UTC) There...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Will Beback/Questions for the candidate
Sabtu, 2022-10-22 23:59:05

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss (talk) 04:49, 26 November 2007 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Intelligent design/Archive1
Jumat, 2023-02-10 03:52:56

Article status. It is too difficult to distinguish NPOV (essential) from SPOV (which is actually a POV). Any such article, such as this one or Creation...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Avraham
Rabu, 2026-01-21 18:55:03

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? They actually address different points. The neutral...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements/SirFozzie/Questions for the candidate
Sabtu, 2023-04-08 00:25:55

rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 02:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC) I've not gotten stuck in on the SPOV versus NPOV wars, so this may be not as complete as you like, but my thoughts...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Harvestman
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:36:59

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Hi! All your rhetorical and standard questions...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 53
Jumat, 2023-03-03 09:03:14

Although I have spent the last five years here supporting and promoting SPOV and the highest standards of sourcing possible, Awickert has been reduced...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 67
Selasa, 2025-09-23 22:49:37

them, just like any other article. There is no point of view (such as WP:SPOV) which has special precedence because people WP:KNOW something is "fringe...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Shell Kinney
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 18:01:11

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? I believe in the context of Wikipedia there is...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Cold fusion/Workshop
Rabu, 2025-09-24 21:38:56

I support the fundamental policies including NPOV (but not the idea of a SPOV).I have grave concerns about our ability to deal with incivility. And I've...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Swatjester/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:08:20

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC) Scientific...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Will Beback
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:56:07

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? The scientific POV attempts to find the best...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Ryan Postlethwaite/Questions for the candidate
Rabu, 2026-01-21 20:06:48

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 04:03, 1 November 2007 (UTC) That's...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Fringe science/Proposed decision
Kamis, 2025-09-25 00:51:27

from being (nor obviates the need to be) neutral. Support: Let's slay that "SPOV" dragon once and for all. A method can no more hold a point of view than...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/EffK/Evidence
Kamis, 2026-06-18 11:37:44

into a pro-Pius and an anti-Pius article, which conforms with Wikiinfo’s SPOV but not with not Wikipedia’s NPOV. [62] Proposal rejected by me. personal...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for UninvitedCompany
Rabu, 2025-12-31 19:13:17

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Opinions vary because some people place considerably...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements/Carcharoth/Questions for the candidate
Sabtu, 2023-04-08 00:28:13

differ based on the topic of the article, my views stated at the rejected 'SPOV and civility in fringe articles' request for arbitration thread (in January...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Community sanction/Archive9
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 23:46:01

what I woudl consider to be neutral (in matters of hard science, NPOV and SPOV are close to, though not exactly, synonymous). Reddi has been sanctioned...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/David Fuchs/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:22:03

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:10, 5 November 2007 (UTC) Does science...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ed Poor 2/Workshop
Sabtu, 2023-02-18 20:51:01

Wikipedia arguing that science itself is an opinion (this may go back to the old SPOV/NPOV disputes). Of course, NPOV is easier to get towards when both sides...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements/Hemlock Martinis/Questions for the candidate
Sabtu, 2023-04-08 00:27:28

the topic of the article? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 02:17, 21 November 2008 (UTC)' SPOV is half of NPOV. In explaining the scientific point of view in an article...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Phil Sandifer/Questions for the candidate
Senin, 2023-02-20 04:45:53

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 00:26, 9 November 2007 (UTC) This doesn't...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Moreschi/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:13:36

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:14, 5 November 2007 (UTC) My background...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Shell Kinney/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:04:27

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 03:15, 5 November 2007 (UTC) There...

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Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard/Archive 8
Selasa, 2024-11-12 07:40:29

inspired in part by WP:SPOV but avoid some of the major pitfalls of that particular proposal. In particular, the idea that SPOV even exists is a real problem...

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Wikipedia:Lectures/Lecture2-log
Selasa, 2008-08-05 09:18:02

xavexgoem: But that's scientific before anything kim_: is that wrong? kim_: SPOV ~= NPOV kim_: it's close enough... most of the time kim_: I figure one day...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Messedrocker
Minggu, 2023-01-29 03:36:53

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? I haven't heard of Scientific Point of View before...

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Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-01-04 tired light
Kamis, 2021-08-05 13:43:07

Request made by: Harald88 17:03, 4 January 2006 (UTC) Status: (--to be modified by mediator--) new request, accepted by mediator, awaiting further response...

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Wikipedia:General sanctions/Climate change probation/Requests for enforcement/Archive10
Selasa, 2025-09-23 19:23:24

ScienceApologist stated, a peer-reviewed journal. Isn't that the standard for the SPOV used in articles on science and scientists? There are plenty of other, major...

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Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/2009 October 28
Selasa, 2025-04-08 21:05:50

have any success, though—Wikipedia's NPOV on such topics usually is the SPOV, even though it isn't supposed to be. Editing contentious Wikipedia articles...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Geogre
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:54:25

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? That sounds like an awfully particular debate...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2006 April 5
Selasa, 2022-04-05 15:19:14

articles here. -- Fyslee 08:20, 6 April 2006 (UTC) Wikipedia has not adopted an SPOV policy and is committed to NPOV. Read up about it. --Leifern 01:06, 7 April...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/History of the race and intelligence controversy
Senin, 2026-02-16 01:28:14

rewritten so that NPOV becomes SPOV. Not that we don't want NPOV, but rather that achieving NPOV is best done by sticking to SPOV. Now, there is no consensus...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2008/Candidate statements/Jehochman/Questions for the candidate
Sabtu, 2023-04-08 00:25:47

Today as a reliable source, for example. I think the difference between SPOV and NPOV is that we would identify and explain notable fringe theories and...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for MONGO
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:03

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? Both apply to all articles. Neutral point of...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Raul654/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2022-10-23 00:09:57

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 04:31, 1 November 2007 (UTC) I suppose...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for Sam Blanning
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:55:50

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? The proposal that Scientific point of view should...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for JzG
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:54:50

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? This is well illustrated in Wikipedia:Requests...

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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Special/2008-12/All
Senin, 2023-07-24 05:46:19

the community for it. I've been called "anti-science" for misinterpreting SPOV. I blocked a trolling IP for voting against me in the last ArbCom election...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Candidate statements/Questions for John Reid
Minggu, 2025-12-28 13:40:41

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)? A: Well, I hope you're not looking for support...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Messedrocker/Questions for the candidate
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:58:09

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 04:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC) Scientific...

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Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 282
Jumat, 2020-01-03 10:36:02

most weight, thus enforcing our status as a mainstream encyclopedia where SPOV rules. -- BullRangifer (talk) 03:26, 6 November 2019 (UTC) That was attempted...

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Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive198
Jumat, 2024-10-18 01:41:58

fringe. As religion, they're shared by rather large number of Christians. WP:SPOV was rejected for a reason. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:26, 14 April 2014 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Statistics 2008
Jumat, 2012-06-01 11:13:50

00:29, 20-Jan-2008 18:50, 25-Jan-2008 6 Declined 0 6 0 0 3 I I D D D D D D I SPOV and civility in fringe articles 05:10, 18-Jan-2008 02:03, 24-Jan-2008 6 Declined...

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Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2007/Candidate statements/Durova/Questions for the candidate
Rabu, 2025-11-12 20:23:39

the Wikipedia context, what is the difference (if any) between NPOV and SPOV (scientific point of view)?--ragesoss 04:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC) There...

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Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 98
Selasa, 2022-05-31 02:05:26

degrading, offensive and demeaning ways they call snarky point of view (SPOV), and which after the Sorcha Faal article had been deleted from Wikipedia...

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Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard/Archive 39
Minggu, 2023-01-29 01:17:52

Salvadoreans? Ethiopians? Regardless, we can assume it is sufficient to qualify for SPOV purposes as a "widespread belief system" Til Eulenspiegel /talk/ 04:34, 26...

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Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard/Archive 43
Minggu, 2026-07-05 08:58:20

*giving the viewpoint* from the article about it. WP:MAINSTREAM and WP:SPOV are not policy. If you believe there is a policy justification for deleting...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2006 June 9
Sabtu, 2024-07-13 00:44:52

astrology - scientists, skeptics and debunkers do, so, if anything, the title is SPOV. Numerous suggestions have been made with respect to the title. What is yours...

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Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard/Archive 38
Jumat, 2026-07-24 15:24:53

prolongs the battle over the definition of WP:NPOV, and whether or not WP:SPOV is indistinguishable therefrom. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 10:31, 2 December 2013...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2006 December 3
Sabtu, 2024-07-13 00:44:30

Seems to also be used in modern day creationism, and as we follow NPOV not SPOV its worth including. --Salix alba (talk) 17:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC) Delete...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/Block of William M. Connolley
Minggu, 2023-02-05 05:04:30

the good quality science articles that are effectively edited according to SPOV, despite this not being official policy. And ATren & co. are only active...

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Wikipedia:Full meta links/todo
Kamis, 2014-10-09 02:34:35

editors Template:WP:DWDAE Wikipedia:Scientific point of view Template:WP:SPOV Wikipedia:Semi-policy Template:WP:SEMP Wikipedia:Utilities Template:WP:UT...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Archive 48
Kamis, 2020-06-04 20:51:42

delist" - The delisting proposal is an attempt to push fringe Wikipedia SPOV policy by bashing a NPOV article. The article is sufficient for "Good" criteria...

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Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard/Archive 84
Minggu, 2022-02-27 11:11:19

article, it is the first thing to be seen in the references. This has an "SPOV" such as can be found on Rationalwiki, and while I personally find this to...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations/October 2005
Kamis, 2008-10-23 11:36:06

Article status. It is too difficult to distinguish NPOV (essential) from SPOV (which is actually a POV). Any such article, such as this one or Creation...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archives/All
Kamis, 2023-04-27 11:02:17

Suspected sockpuppetry by blocked user Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of SPOV Suspended ban Suspicious activity at Talk:Broly Suspicious contributions...

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Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive344
Senin, 2026-04-13 06:53:25

his control of finances and the relationships of the people. BLP is not SPOV. If he's a cult leader, so be it. SchmuckyTheCat (talk) 03:35, 14 December...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 197
Kamis, 2024-12-05 21:00:33

in every article – but we're always going to have editors who prefer WP:SPOV over NPOV, and many of them don't even know that's what they're doing. The...

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