User:Pjacobi/scratch2

When good policies turn bad
A tale of NPOV and NOR

NOR
Historically, NOR was codified to combat craclpottery. Earlier, at the very beginnings of Wikipedia, there was some hope, that Wikipedia would also be useful for publishing Original Researc, scientific articles made open content instead of being published in expensive journals in the grips of Elsevier et al. But soon it was realised, that only those who can't publish anywhere else (except in unmoderated USENET groups) were the only takers of this opportunity. Argueing about the content of their contributions soon became tiresome and a waste of time. NOR seemed to be the silver bullet against this problem.