On 2/19/08, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/19/08, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
question: Do we modify content on Wikipedia in response to the offense
taken
by a subset of our audience? My answer would be no. If there are other,
IMHO, yes. To do otherwise is to be pigheaded and out of touch with society. We're a global tool for a global audience. We have to respect audience sensitivities. When one day we have a featured picture which is pornographic or otherwise sexual, it won't be on the front page. No one really questions this. Why? Because it's offensive to most *editors* not just many *readers*.
Our NPOV stance is not compromised by showing a little sensitivity to our readership.
Steve
No one really questions "that", because it is manifestly untrue. There has been more and less suggestive nudity on the front page a few times now, and no it was not "offensive to most *editors*".
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]