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Well Wikipedia can claim that the speed of light is around 3x10^8 ms^-1. Wikipedia can claim that gravity exists, and that fish live in the sea.

The fact that the earth is an oblate spheroid is a scientific fact with just as much certainty as the other claims are.

Being neutrality minded doesn't mean you can't outright dismiss false beliefs.

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This article assumes the reader is aware that the earth is not flat. It uses the example of arguments in favor of the view the earth is flat to expose the inherent problems with arguments of that form, so that editors who are faced with less obvious truths can recognize such specious arguments.

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