[Foundation-l] Boycott in ace at wiki

[Oliver Keyes]

Agreed. I don't particularly agree with Gerard's point that " It is similar
as if I were to say to the English language community
that they have to change their way because their community consensus is
incompatible with WMF official board sanctioned policies." - in that
situation, yes, I'd expect en-wiki to change. If en-wiki was to leave its
collective brain home one day and get rid of the BLP policy, would we shrug
our shoulders and go "well, yes, it's a board-sanctioned policy, but they
can make their own decisions"? NPOV isn't just a board-sanctioned policy -
it's one of the fundamental principles and pillars the wiki is built on.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Excirial <wp.excirial at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know that every project's allowed to create its own guidelines and
> policies, but this seems to go against the freedom of information principle
> that Wikipedia stands for. I could accept this "No images" rule if it were
> present on a Wiki where the bulk of the editors are legally restricted from
> making such edits (Though it wouldn't be illegal per se, as the servers
> aren't located in the country in question), but i am a bit baffled that
> they
> feel the need to complain about the English Wiki, rather then worrying
> about
> their own Wiki  instead. Equally i am non to fond of sysops who so
> blatantly
> advance their own point of view, as this signals that the sysop cannot
> handle conflicts in a neutral and impartial sense.
>
> I agree that a dialog needs to be started with this Wiki, in order to
> discuss this issue. It is probably best to do so quickly, before an ulama
> indeed decides to declare this a fatw -. In that case we would be
> discussing
> under a religious pretext, which is rarely the best way to fix issues such
> as these.
>
> ~Excirial
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Manuelt15 Wiki <manuelt15.wiki at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Only wanted to notify you that the Acehnese Wikipedia <
> > http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ôn_Keuë<http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94n_Keu%C3%AB>
> <http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94n_Keu%C3%AB>
> > <http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94n_Keu%C3%AB>>
> > have plans about boycotting Wikipedia, as they say in this statement <
> > http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pola:Lhi_gamba_peukabeh_Nabi_Muhammad_saw>
> > in
> > their Main page.
> >
> > --Manuelt15
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