On Friday 30 September 2011 11:47 PM, Theo10011 wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Achal Prabhalaaprabhala@gmail.comwrote:
On Friday 30 September 2011 11:19 PM, Theo10011 wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Achal Prabhala<aprabhala@gmail.com wrote:
How about an encyclopedia? Anywhere?
Are you suggesting a rating system for an encyclopedia?
No.
I'm suggesting that:
Ratings are different from censorship.
Actually, it's a matter of perspective if you consider that. If you read the history Censorship in United States, it has an entire section about Film censorship[1], also of relevance might be the MPAA crticism section [2] or Tipper gore led Parent's Music resource center [3]. My question was, has there been an instance of an encyclopedia being censored or even rated?
Sometimes, ratings can be used to create censorship.
Often, ratings do just that - rate.
They actually restrict access, those ratings limit who can see a certain movie, depending upon the classification. Again, it is a matter of perspective.
No. It's a matter of fact. Ratings can sometimes lead to censorship, often don't, and definitely do not have to. For film. And the same logic can apply here on Wikipedia or with any other kind of media. Wikipedia already has extensive internal and external quality ratings; this does not mean that stubs are being censored.
For film.
In several countries around the world, including India, and Germany.
Theo
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States#Film_censorship [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America_film_rati... [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents_Music_Resource_Center _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l