One idea, as I've suggested before, would be to make a special version which is censored for minors (with various articles blocked). This version, also, may not be editable. This would make it more school friendly, as many have a ban on outside communication (editing surely is a form of communication.)
On 5/14/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
Doing this would be common sense. But then, IMHO, so would labelling individual pages that actually contained such content.
Steve
On 5/14/06, Prasad J prasad59@gmail.com wrote:
Wikipedia has followed a policy whereby it's content is not censored for children. Having said that would it be useful to put a warning/advisory on the website to make it clear to users that though it is legal for them to enter the site, they should be aware that Wikipedia's content is not censored for minors and the latter may come across some sexual or other adult material so it is advisable for them to be careful what they view? As Wikipedia's popularity increases, so do the njmber of kids who access it-mainly for homework help. As a result the chances of young users coming across such material are high so perhaps a warning like this will be for the best? Also there may also be some adults who for various reasons would prefer not to view such content.
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