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But this debate has other lessons for those interested in one of the world\u2019s key pieces of information infrastructure. The paper aims to discuss these issues.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The author\u2019s approach to the study of the Wikipedia talk pages devoted to the Burma\/Myanmar naming controversy is qualitative in nature and explores the debate over sources through textual analysis.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Editors brought to their work a number of underlying assumptions including the primacy of the nation-state and the nature of a \u201ctrue\u201d encyclopedia. These were combined with a particular interpretation of neutral point of view (NPOV) policy that unnecessarily prolonged the debate and, more importantly, would have the effect, if widely adopted, of reducing Wikipedia\u2019s potential to include multiple perspectives on any particular topic.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The study clearly shows how editors tend to uncritically reproduce the dominant assumptions of their societies. When combined with positivist readings of NPOV policy, this has grave implications for Wikipedia\u2019s potential to open up representation to a wider set of knowledge producers and perspectives. 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