Steve Bennett wrote:
On 5/15/07, doc <doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, if that pisses
people off - tough.
I don't know what your point is, but it doesn't sound very helpful.
Steve
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My point is quite simple. This is an encyclopedia - it is a place where
you'll find information on a subject - if you don't want information on
a subject, then look away.
We constantly get demands for content warnings on sexual or other
'adult' articles. That would please some of our readers too, it would
also no doubt please many editors. But we decline. Why? Because if you
look up 'penis' or 'autofelation' don't be surprised when you learn
something you didn't know - and might not want to know.
Same applies here. Articles on buffy episodes are going to tell you the
plot. Articles on books are going to tell you what happens. Articles on
characters are going to tell you about the metamorphoses in episode 4.4.
That's what encyclopedia's do - they give information and they treat the
reader like an adult. If you want film reviews before you go an see the
film - use a review site, not en encyclopedia.
Wikipedia is not censored - and does not give warning flags - not for
minors, not for good taste, not for reasons of national security (and we
regularly get that demand), not for commercial sensitivity, not for
religious scruples ("Muslims - look away now - if you don't want to see
the Prophet in his underpants", not for anything, and certainly not
because Vader is Luke's father either. We just don't do that.