On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net> wrote:
On 2/15/11
3:17 PM, Nepenthe wrote:
Graphic material of any sort does not belong on
the main page.
This seemingly obvious statement is actually a rather controversial
opinion on Wikipedia, and there is currently no policy or guideline
discouraging graphic material from appearing on the Main Page of any
Wikimedia project that I know of. Any time I have prodded on this issue
-- as a simple matter of editorial judgement, not censorship -- I have
been met with a wall of opposition. If others share the opinion above,
perhaps it is time for us to begin chipping away at that wall.
Considering that our Main Page is the first impression for thousands of
Wikipedia users, I think this could be a concrete and achievable step
towards creating a more welcoming environment for a broader array of
people.
Ryan Kaldari
It is clearly incompatible with a world-wide readership, but "no
censorship" is strongly held. As I have said before, a frontal attack on
this point is politically punishing.
I don't think it's incompatible with world-wide readership in general,
but editorial judgement should let us keep it from front page
appearances, for all the obvious reasons. We can be proud of articles
or specific explicit images which are article-appropriate, without
forcing them on unexpecting readers. That's not censorship, to avoid
that.
I agree that it's politically punishing - in part because some who
have pushed this were actually total abolitionists.
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-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com