Oh, the mention of 'idiot' on that page is vandalism (no, I haven't done it - yet)? I thought we had a very interesting discussion about current affairs at WikiConf where there seemed to be a consensus that presenting every side of the picture is important. <div>
<br></div><div>Is reporting the fact that major websites like Kafila.org and literally hundreds or thousands of Twitter users are tweeting the hashtag #IdiotKapilSibal wrong, in that case?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM, CherianTinu Abraham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com">tinucherian@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On a related note, this has appeared on <i>The Economic Times</i> :<div><br></div><div><div>" Five reasons why India can't censor the Internet"</div><div><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/five-reasons-why-india-cant-censor-the-internet/articleshow/11018330.cms" target="_blank">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/five-reasons-why-india-cant-censor-the-internet/articleshow/11018330.cms</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>"<i>Yes, Internet content has the permanence and public-impact potential that a phone call does not, but equally, it lends itself brilliantly to self-regulation. </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>
<i>3. Peer review works: Wikipedia is the best example. Who could have imagined that a user-created encyclopedia could be so objective, and comprehensive? Yes, anyone can go in and edit anything (barring entries like "Kapil Sibal", which have been locked due to vandalism!). </i></div>
<div><i><br></i></div><div><i>If you make an inappropriate change, someone will come in and correct it.</i> "</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Tinu Cherian </div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>
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On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parakara.ghoda@gmail.com" target="_blank">parakara.ghoda@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
This is basically restriction of freedom of expression and it will<br>
hurt Wikipedia much more than it hurts Twitter or Facebook.<br>
<div><div></div><div><br>
On 07/12/2011, Srikanth Lakshmanan <<a href="mailto:srik.lak@gmail.com" target="_blank">srik.lak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:06, Achal Prabhala <<a href="mailto:aprabhala@gmail.com" target="_blank">aprabhala@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> fyi<br>
>><br>
>> -------- Original Message --------<br>
>> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal Wants to<br>
>> Censor<br>
>> social<br>
>> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:02:10 +0530<br>
>> From: Achal Prabhala <<a href="mailto:aprabhala@gmail.com" target="_blank">aprabhala@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br>
>><br>
><br>
> I just want to write that there was a community member who seemed to be of<br>
> the notion ImageFilter is the technical fix for what Kapil Sibal is<br>
> proposing(without probably understanding / knowing much) and connecting the<br>
> two distinct things. Yes Sibal showed some images as examples for his<br>
> support, but what Sibal means is much more and prescreening of every byte<br>
> of user generated content. Please tell that member that linking up 2<br>
> different things is not a good idea. ImageFilter needs to be discussed with<br>
> its own merits / demerits and this thing that Sibal proposes means much<br>
> more than images.<br>
><br>
> If at all the legislation comes and is being enforced, I think Wikimedia<br>
> projects are better equipped *technically* than other social media sites<br>
> cited to support the local laws(so that we need not be banned if that goes<br>
> to that extreme) with a combination of ImageFilter / FlaggedRevisions and<br>
> some more customizations, but thats not where we would like to go.<br>
> Community is already not so strong and needs support, there is so much work<br>
> to do in increasing content, censorship will cripple Indian community if<br>
> such a thing happens.<br>
><br>
> There are many questions that the communities need to decide as to submit<br>
> to Indian laws (if at all they come through) and I hope the situation does<br>
> not arise for us to take those tough calls.<br>
><br>
> PS : I would not like to post / join foundation-l myself since it has high<br>
> SNR IMO.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Regards<br>
> Srikanth.L<br>
><br>
<br>
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