<P>Ed, I said "for speech purposes," as in "suing." People may abuse its stated purpose, but it is rather in the nature of a "common carrier," open to all. If we insist that it is NOT a public forum, but rather a managed proprietary site, Mediawiki might well get sued.</P>
<P>C<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Poor, Edmund W" <EDMUND.W.POOR@ABC.COM><BR>Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 11:21:39 -0700 <BR>To: "English Wikipedia" <WIKIEN-L@WIKIPEDIA.ORG><BR>Subject: [WikiEN-l] Forum vs. project <BR><BR>> Wikipedia is not a public forum. It's not a place for people to come and <BR>> exchange views. The Internet already has such a place: it's called <BR>> Usenet, or "newsgroups". <BR>> <BR>> Wikipedia is a project to create freely editable encyclopedia articles. <BR>> <BR>> Unlike a forum, Wikipedia has strict rules of etiquette. Whereas it's <BR>> perfectly acceptable in forums to impugn the character of other <BR>> participants, Wikipedia has a "no personal attacks" policy. <BR>> <BR>> Unlike a forum, Wikipedia has no interest in determining the "winner" of <BR>> a debate. So it doesn't matter who's cleverest, loudest, or keeps at it <BR>> the longest. What goes and what stays is determined only by (a) acc
uracy <BR>> and (b) NPOV. <BR>> <BR>> Unlike a forum, Wikipedia produces an ever-increasing body of work, <BR>> which is organized for the benefit of the public. <BR>> <BR>> I could go on, but I hope you get the point. <BR>> <BR>> Uncle Ed <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> WikiEN-l mailing list <BR>> WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org <BR>> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l <BR></P><BR>
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