Fwd: [Foundation-l] Discussion Questions for Potentially-Objectionable Content - Wikitech-l

22 Jul 2010

Whoops, didn't cc. The censorship discussion is around again, but this
question is about the feasibility (in terms of not melting the
servers) of users being able to block images from particular
categories.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Gerard &lt;dgerard(a)gmail.com&gt;
Date: 22 July 2010 21:01
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Discussion Questions for
Potentially-Objectionable Content
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List &lt;foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;

On 22 July 2010 20:10, Excirial &lt;wp.excirial(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

...
   I would, however, strongly support a system that
gives users
 a choice to censor if they wish. It should be possible to categorize commons
 in such a way that certain images can be blocked. For example, a user might
 choose to block "images of Muhammad", while allowing surgery related images
 (Others might swap there if they wish). 

This is a perennial proposal. It's an idea I like, as it puts control
in the hands of the viewer rather than third parties. All it requires
is someone to code something that passes muster as being unlikely to
melt the servers.

cc to wikitech-l - how feasible is something that allows users to stop
display of arbitrary image categories and/or subcategories?

- d.