On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:19 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.com wrote: <snip>
For obvious reasons we don't want a system that creates a publicly available set of filters that net nannies of various descriptions could use to stop other people from seeing things that they deemed inappropriate.
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Funny, I thought it was obvious that any filtering system should be made available to schools and similar institutional platforms.
I have had the impression that the oh-my-god-think-of-the-children crowd was at least 95% of the reason we were discussing this entire endeavor.
Teachers are wary of Wikipedia, and one of the reasons (justifiable or not) is that our content is too adult. I recall hearing anecdotes of Wikipedia reading being blocked in some schools because of this. Having a "safe" version for schools could potentially address that, and I'd always assumed that this was one of the major underlying motivations.
-Robert Rohde