Removing paypal etc would be equivalent to a statement "WMF supports
wikileaks". Unless we would make that statement formally as well, this
discussion goes nowhere. Much as I personally support them, this isn't WMF's
business and can only harm the project to make a formal stand.
Individual users may wish to make a stand though. (without dragging WP/M
into it).
FT2
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:39 PM, aude <aude.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Dec 11, 2010, at 12:31 AM, Robert Tice
<robtice2(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I suggest that use of Paypal is contraindicated
due to their
deliberate
efforts to inhibit the spread of information by closing their
account with
Wikileaks. It is inappropriate for Wiki to be associated with
Paypal or
Amazon.com. These corporations are the opposite of what Wikipedia and
associated entities hope to be or currently are. Closing the
account with
Paypal will also send a message to Amazon that there are
consequences to
efforts to censor the knowledge base of humanity.
Thanks for reading this. I hope to see debate and action on this
proposal.
I don't think we should stop using paypal because of this.
WMF should not take a stance one way or another on the wikileaks issue
other than to remind people that wikipedia != wikileaks and we don't
run wikileaks. (most people I think understand but also think there is
plenty of misunderstanding out there about this)
Though it's a wikipedia policy, I think wp:npov should definitely be a
guiding principle in this situation.
Removing paypal would be a bad idea, in my opinion
-aude
PS - I do know that our credit card payments are also handled behind
the scenes by paypal.
Robert T.
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