User:Timothy J Scriven

I am Timothy J Scriven, I believe wikipedia can be a powerful source for social change by simply producing the unbiased truth. I live in NSW and of 2006 I am completing my HSC. My home is terrigal, a beautiful area.

I worry about some of the directions wikipedia has taken in relation to the NPOV policy. I believe the policy should not be used as an excuse to place material's in articles which seems sympathetic to suicide, paedophilia etc. Furthermore I believe that wikipedia should, while keeping the NPOV policy in place in some form, favour current mainstream scientific opinion. While I can understand the rationale behind the NPOV policy I think it often makes for less, not more, encylopediac articles written in the style of “Some expert’s believe that this view point is wrong because...” “However it might be noted that...” “Some have argued that...” etc, which while following the letter do not follow the spirt of the NPOV policy.

I'm passionately committed to:

Saving the enviorment. The rule of law. Fighting the emotional, sexual, mental and physical abuse of children. Freedom of speech. Preserving human rights and making culpable before international courts those who violate them. The importance of internet self regulation in addition to government regulation. Legal reform so that the legal system better addresses the problem of moral luck. Combating police corruption. Upholding the importance of analytic skills. Analytic Philosophy.