On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 19:59, Sue Gardner <sgardner(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I just want to point out quickly that I am not
American, and my
position on all these issues is actually a very Canadian one. Ray and
Risker and other Canadians will recognize this.
Canada doesn't really feel itself to have a fixed national identity.
We makes jokes about the fact that that IS our identity -- that we are
continually renegotiating and stretching the boundaries of what it
means to be Canadian. We believe our culture is the aggregation and
accumulation of all the views and experiences and attitudes of our
citizenry. Each wave of immigration --the French and the British, the
Chinese, the Italians, the Indians, the Jamaicans, and so forth-- has
influenced what Canada is, and how it understands itself.
That's what I'm used to, as a Canadian -- it's normal for me to listen
to minorities and find ways to incorporate their perspectives into
mine.
Most importantly, you are a manger :P
There is a line between protecting autonomy of particular community
and protecting the whole:
* When community around Arabic Wikipedia doesn't want to show Muhammad
depictions, that's their right.
* When community around Aceh Wikipedia wants to delete all Muhammad
depictions from Commons, that's not their right.
* When a person wants to remove whichever images from his or her
Wikipedia interface, that's his or her right.
* When implementation of that feature affects everybody, that's not
his or her right.
Without solutions like "safe.en.wikipedia.org", I confess that I don't
know how that should be solved. However, as successful manager, I am
sure that you'll find a solution.