[Foundation-l] Boycott in ace at wiki

[Pavlo Shevelo]

> 2) We do not cater to the wishes and desires of any group, no exception. If
> we cater one, we have to cater a second, then a third and so on and on.

It's the very core of the whole this issue.
That's why it's so ...mission critical to stay very firm with WP:5P
with all due respect to all and every particular group.

Sincerely,

Pavlo


On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Excirial <wp.excirial at gmail.com> wrote:
> *There is no general Christian prohibition on depicting Christ. In fact it
> is a generally accepted practice. Generally Muslims don't, and consider it a
> mark of disrespect to do so. Why offend?*
>
> 1) It is a historically important subject which should be covered in an
> encyclopedia.
> 2) We do not cater to the wishes and desires of any group, no exception. If
> we cater one, we have to cater a second, then a third and so on and on.
> 3) Anyone who does not wish to see the images can block them - its a
> personal choice on whether you do or don't want to see. If there is a
> problem with their mere existence there is nothing we can do - we can't
> erase them from history.
> 4) The images may offend millions, but that still leaves billions who aren't
> offended by them. I would argue that the knowledge needs of the larger group
> outweigh the issues of the smaller group - especially since we are not
> forcing anything on the small group. As said in point 3: Images are on
> specific pages, and even those are accessible since images can be blocked.
>
> As said before, we should be careful with content that could be deemed
> offensive, to prevent needless friction - For example we shouldn't be
> placing images of Muhammad on article's that have only a partial relation
> with him, such as "Prophets of Islam". In other words, the are in which they
> are posted should be contained, but not exterminated.
>
> ~Excirial
>