User:Olivierd
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David Olivier, Monsieur@david.olivier.name.
This user opposes speciesism.
This user does not believe that the WP NPOV policy makes sense in any NPOV sense.
Specifically, the phrase "verfiability, not truth" is either nonsense, or deeply misleading. If truth is not considered a touchstone, then verifiability cannot be one, since by definition, a verifiable statement is one the truth of which can be ascertained.
The "verifiability" page however gives another definition:
- "Verifiable" in this context means that any reader should be able to check that material added to Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source.
This just obscures the issue. A reliable source is a source one can count upon to say the truth.
In common day WP practice, "reliable sources" are such as peer-reviewed journals. Whether or not they can be counted upon to say the truth is a matter of debate, and to consider from the start that they do say the truth is itself POV.
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