Wikipedia:Facts precede opinions
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FPO (Facts Precede Opinions) states that articles should present facts rather than opinions wherever possible. FPO is the corollary to NPOV.
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- Often there is more than one way to save a potentially biased statement. The way that presents facts instead of opinions should be favored. Instead of saying "John Doe is the best baseball player" one should say "John Doe is the baseball player who hit the most home runs". Only when it is impossible to make such a factual statement should one include an opinion. Refer to Wikipedia:NPOV for guidance on how to include opinions while maintaining a neutral point of view. In this case one might reword to "John Doe's baseball skills have been praised by baseball insiders such as Al Kaline and Joe Torre".
