Zero megamanzero521@gmail.yahoocom wrote: On 6/25/06, Steve wrote: .
The spoiler tag, as well as any "warning, this page contains
pornographic images" tags, are totally unrelated to censorship. Really. And I don't see what either of these tags has to do with "other social websites" - we don't imitate, we make our own decisions based on what seems reasonable.
To whom's decision...? It is censorship. It thrives upon the ideal of a person perhaps not engaging in the action by merit of another group selectively in the belief they think it might be "cover-worthy", which is never the case in any encyclopedia.
I didn't mention usenet. And I'm afraid I don't understand your point
here. It seems to me that we are both using the ideal that "Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia" to support opposing viewpoints. Maybe Wikipedia should stop claiming to "be an encyclopaedia", and instead define precisely what it wants to be, and where it wants to draw its limits. Not all encyclopaedias are the same, so just claiming to be in that general class of works isn't enough anymore.
Steve
I was not making reference to "you" in paticular making the argument of usenet. This is the common view: "Other websites do it as "courtesy" and thus should be accepted about the Encyclopedia because people like it".
In view of "not all encyclopedias are the same", you lost me there. That's an interesting comparison. I suppose you'll say then that the implementation of a template derived from the ideal of a networking site is appropriate in any encyclopedia. There's no need to differientiate; encyclopedias may focus on different subjects, some more than others, in different qualities and quanities. That doesn't change the spirit. An encyclopedia's definition is universal- to give information and leave the responsibility of "handeling dangerous information" to the reader. When one embarks upon the knowledge pot known as an encyclopedia (wherever or however it may be) those lads take it upon themselves to make the decision to enlighten themselves in any capacity. As neutral editors, I don't see how that decision become our concern. We build an encyclopedia, not selctively dictate who might or might not view it on a personal whim. - Zero _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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