On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 09:09:04AM +0100, M?ller, Carsten wrote:
... but -if we want to reach consensus[1]- what we really need to be discussing is: screwdrivers.
sincerely, Kim Bruning
No, we need to harden the wall agaist all attacks by hammers, screwdrivers and drills. We have consensus: Wikipedia should not be censored.
Right, hammering ourselves on the thumb is a bad idea :-P
However, there's nothing wrong with making sure that people don't get odd images when they don't expect it (something wikipedia is good at, but commons admittedly perhaps slightly less so). This is the screw.
I don't think a filter (the hammer) will be very successful at doing so, because filters have simply never been very good at keeping away unexpected content, and can easily lead to censorship and other unwanted side effects (hitting ourselves on the thumb). However, perhaps some other tool might be useful for fixing the screw. Some people have come up with some interesting proposals.
But shouting at each other about filters is probably counter-productive at this point. ;-)
sincerely, Kim Bruning