Wikitravel:Be fair

Da Wikitravel.

Wikitravel cerca di essere equa negli articoli.

Essere equi non necessariamente significa essere carino. Abbiamo la missione di creare, tra l'altro, una guida viaggi completa ed affidabile, ed una guida viaggi che non fornisce informazioni qualitative sulle cose che descrive non è ne affidabile ne completa.

E' necessario parlare in maniera schietta, se un ristorante è affolato, rumoroso ed esoso, dobbiamo dirlo. Se un hotel ha le cimici, odora di urina o è inagibile, dobbiamo dirlo. Se una località turistica è brutta, noiosa o non merita una visita, dobbiamo dirlo.

Se un altro Wikiviaggiatore non è d'accordo, la descrizione dovrebbe essere corretta fino a quando entrambe le parti concordano sul fatto che la descrizione sia equa. Se la pizza di un ristorante sono buone ed il servizio è veloce un giorno, e non cotta nonostante un ora di attesa la volta successiva, allora una descrizione equa potrebbe essere che "il servizio può essere lento e la qualità soffrire durante l'orario di punta".

However, being "fair" doesn't mean using bland, vapid, or timid prose. Wikitravellers should feel free – nay, obligated – to use concrete, lively descriptions that paint a clear, concise picture of the subject in question. "Greek restaurant just off the plaza" doesn't tell anyone anything. "Dingy but passable Greek restaurant with surly waitstaff, rich and generous portions of moussaka, tinny stereo system" gives a lot more info. You don't have to tone down your writing in Wikitravel just to remain fair.

The idea of "being fair" is this: We don't have any agenda on Wikitravel. We are not advocating any religion, political philosophy, environmental practice, feminist theory, international language, home cooking device, tour company, or any other idea, business, or cause. We aren't trying to put any hotel out of business or punish any restaurant because they wouldn't honor our expired Diners' Club card. We are trying to put personal feelings about destinations behind us, while sharing our knowledge and impressions with other Wikitravellers.

Our agenda on Wikitravel is to achieve our goal: to make a really, really, really good travel guide that's useful and readable for travellers worldwide. We want to share our knowledge, and have it used. We put the needs of the traveller first. With this goal in mind, it's clear that leaving extraneous non-travel ideologies behind is in our best interest. We want to make a travel guide, not a religious tract that scares readers away before they get through the first sentence.

[Modifica sezione] Neutral point of view

Contributors who are used to Wikipedia should remember that our rule to be fair is different from the Wikipedia neutral point of view. In particular, we encourage lively, descriptive writing, and if there is a conflict between, say, the perspective of travellers and the perspective of a business owner, the traveller comes first.

[Modifica sezione] Political disputes

Alas, when politics get involved, it's difficult to stay "fair" to both sides at once. The best way out is to stick to the bare minimum of facts necessary, presented as neutrally as possible, while keeping a firm focus on the traveller's interests. For example, a visitor to the West Bank would need to know that the area has been under Israeli occupation since 1967 (a fact) and that it's mostly under the control of the Palestinian Authority (a fact). However, as Wikitravel is not an encyclopedia, we do not need to devote pages and pages to what terms were used by which UN Security Council resolution, what the current positions are on settlements and refugees, and above all whose fault the whole damn mess is. (Substitute the conflict of your choice.) Whoever actually controls a territory, we simply acknowlege the fact that they do control it, regardless of whether we might think they should.

[Modifica sezione] See also

• Avoid negative reviews, as some places are best ignored
• Don't tout, as some places don't live up to reality
• Tone, for how to strike a happy compromise