Meaning of NPOV | Babel Free

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Initialism of neutral point of view - the guideline of all Wikipedia and Wiktionary articles.

abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“Near-synonyms: point-of-viewlessness; eticness”

“The NPOV is self-consciously a view, not the absence of all views.”

“Similarly, it is also important to understand the fundamental operation of NPOV in full detail: contrary to the synthesis commonly required for the coverage of topics in conventional encyclopedias, NPOV does not require the establishment of a universally accepted consensus description of the topic at hand—a kind of graveyard peace between opposing factions, achieved through arrival at a compromise which satisfies no one and omits any controversial points not acceptable to one of the participants.”

“Content creators and editors are encouraged to filter material through a sieve of strict standards known to insiders as NPOV, NOR, RS, and V.”

CEFR level