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Where's the neutrality?

In the article about Wikipedia, a claim is made that "Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view." However, this article puts the lie to that assertion because it has a completely anti-FC slant, with absolutely no sources pointing to its veracity as a method of allowing non-speaking autistic people to communicate by typing when variables are controlled,^[1] with the majority of sources being around thirty years old. 80.193.98.150 (talk) 14:28, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view." does not mean what you pretend it means. It means obeying WP:PSCI, WP:GEVAL, WP:ECREE, and WP:FRINGE. tgeorgescu (talk) 14:46, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That link does not even contain the word "blind" (or "blinded"). It was not written by competent people who know how to test such things. --Hob Gadling (talk) 06:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why does it matter that the test wasn't blinded (singly or doubly) when what was being tested was not the entire intervention, but just one aspect of it? Please try not to be disingenuous. 80.193.98.150 (talk) 11:58, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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^ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1540796914555581

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 :That link does not even contain the word "blind" (or "blinded"). It was not written by competent people who know how to test such things. --[[User:Hob Gadling|Hob Gadling]] ([[User talk:Hob Gadling|talk]]) 06:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
+::Why does it matter that the test wasn't blinded (singly or doubly) when what was being tested was not the entire intervention, but just one aspect of it? Please try not to be disingenuous. [[Special:Contributions/80.193.98.150|80.193.98.150]] ([[User talk:80.193.98.150|talk]]) 11:58, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
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