A little bit of information about me to help anyone who questions my input on this site:
I am an academic. I am willing to say that I have a good standard of university education. Seeing as the first degree is the one that is fully graded beyond just pass and fail: I have a first class honors (does not matter what that area of expertise is!) Anything else is TMI!
Politically I am centrist. I believe that rationality means to take an authoritative stance in some things and take a more liberal stance on others. It obviously does not make me correct. That is the ultimate reason why I believe in free speech:
Those whose views are extremist will be universally panned.
Those whose views show rationality will be applauded by many and booed at by many.
However, just because someone opposes you does not mean you are right! Sometimes people will never come to an agreement.
I believe in using a neutral point of view in terms of both academia and any form of educational article/ piece. I also believe that that is the fundamental principle of Wikipedia as well.
I look at/ examine both views in an argument and also try as much as possible to try to understand those views (even if I oppose them). At the end of the day: an article is impartial as long as you avoid taking sides. If it is a Wikipedia article, all efforts should be made to avoid taking sides. It must be purely academic and neutral.
I have excelled academically because of my ability to be as impartial as possible! That is the reason why people get a first class honors and the reason they go on to higher levels of university education.