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The main points of this FAQ (Talk:Rudolf Steiner#FAQ) can be summarized as:
- Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy requires that minority views not be given undue emphasis.
More detail is given on this point, below.
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Q1: Most people who are cited in the article are not spiritual scientists and are most likely materialists or theologically orthodox Christian believers. Isn't this article biased?
A1: Our policies on Wikipedia, in particular WP:WEIGHT and WP:FRINGE, require us to provide coverage to views based on their prominence within reliable sources, and we must reflect the opinion of the scientific community and of the scholarly community (mainstream academia) as accurately as possible.
You should understand that, by its very nature, Wikipedia offers absolutely no remedy against citing mainstream scholarly works. Clearly expressed at [1] by a Waldorf teacher that The article references peer-reviewed, largely academic sources, the opposite of propaganda.
Past discussions
- Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard/Archive 63#Need some help on Anthroposophy and its related articles, particularly Waldorf education, Anthroposophic medicine, and Biodynamic agriculture
- Talk:Rudolf Steiner#Too many citations for any given sentence
- Talk:Rudolf_Steiner/Archive_4#A scientist
- Talk:Rudolf_Steiner/Archive_4#"Largely"?
- Talk:Rudolf_Steiner/Archive_4#Edit warring against WP:PSCI
- Talk:Rudolf_Steiner/Archive_4#Neutrality tag
- Talk:Rudolf_Steiner/Archive_4#Note Deluge
- Talk:Anthroposophy#Epistemology, Ontology etc
- Talk:Anthroposophy#List of many
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