Angela wrote:
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:20:01 -0000 (GMT), Tony Sidaway
I've said already that I think this is something only the Board can decide. Either we stay the way we are--and no amount of filtering and whatnot will disguise the fact that the operation of our existing content policy fails to censor content in a manner which would make the whole of Wikipedia acceptable to the general public--or the Board imposes content restrictions.
I disagree. The Board should not control the content. Unless the content is actually illegal, then it is up to the community to decide whether it is included or not, and up to the community whether we accept whatever filtering methods the developers might create.
Absolutely. A co-operative community needs to make its own decision, and accept responsibility for those decisions. It is an abuse of democracy when citizens expect God to come down from his heaven to absolve them of responsibility.
Ec