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