--- Theresa Knott theresaknott@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:06:40 -0800 (PST), Puddl Duk puddlduk@yahoo.com wrote:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:38:43 +0000, Theresa
Knott
theresaknott@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:53:06 +0600, Arno M
redgum46@lycos.com wrote:
these always were unsuitable to minors.
Wikipedia is a wiki. That means _anyone_ can
edit
it, including those
people who like to prey on children. Wikipedia
is
not suitable for
minors and will be banned from schools soon
enough
anyway in the same
way that chat rooms are banned from schools.
Wikipedia is an adult encylopedia, and should
cater for adults.
Theresa
- Just because preditors may edit wikipedia
doesn't
mean we lack editorial control.
But it does make wikipedia as unsafe as a chatroom for children.
- Removing children from the argument doesn't
really
change it. Many adults don't want to run into some
of
this content in an encyclopedia.
I have no argument with that. All i'm saying is leave the kiddies out of it.
Theresa
Writing an encyclopedia should include a sense of who our target audience is, and this should <help> shape policy. Rather than preditors defining who we are.
<amended earlier comment>
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