Steve Bennett wrote:
On 5/15/07, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, if that pisses people off - tough.
I don't know what your point is, but it doesn't sound very helpful.
Steve
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My point is quite simple. This is an encyclopedia - it is a place where you'll find information on a subject - if you don't want information on a subject, then look away.
We constantly get demands for content warnings on sexual or other 'adult' articles. That would please some of our readers too, it would also no doubt please many editors. But we decline. Why? Because if you look up 'penis' or 'autofelation' don't be surprised when you learn something you didn't know - and might not want to know.
Same applies here. Articles on buffy episodes are going to tell you the plot. Articles on books are going to tell you what happens. Articles on characters are going to tell you about the metamorphoses in episode 4.4. That's what encyclopedia's do - they give information and they treat the reader like an adult. If you want film reviews before you go an see the film - use a review site, not en encyclopedia.
Wikipedia is not censored - and does not give warning flags - not for minors, not for good taste, not for reasons of national security (and we regularly get that demand), not for commercial sensitivity, not for religious scruples ("Muslims - look away now - if you don't want to see the Prophet in his underpants", not for anything, and certainly not because Vader is Luke's father either. We just don't do that.