[Foundation-l] Boycott in ace at wiki

[Prodego]

There are some constraints on what is written - it is supposed to be a
neutrally presented encyclopedia. But if a particular wiki's community comes
to a different conclusion than another on what is neutral than another, who
is to say which one is "right"?  'What is neutral?' is one of the
things collaborative editing is supposed to determine.

Prodego


On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Pavlo Shevelo <pavlo.shevelo at gmail.com>wrote:

> >  There is no problem
> > with what consensus on different wikis decides, be that about article
> > wording
>
> Is that really so?
>
> ... and please don't mix that with personal, by own choice made
> editorial decision(s)
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Prodego <prodego at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Talking about the inclusion of different images is beside the point. Each
> > project can, and does, decide what content is appropriate for it. You
> could
> > call this selection "censorship", although it is very much an editorial
> > decision that anyone writing anything must make. If a particular wiki
> > decides not to show some particular image then so be it. There is no
> problem
> > with what consensus on different wikis decides, be that about article
> > wording, image inclusion, style guidelines... The only problem I see is
> that
> > the main page of a WMF site being used to make a statement about another
> > site (which happens to also be a WMF site). This I do not consider to be
> > acceptable. It is outside the scope of  "the growth, development and
> > distribution of free, multilingual content" that the WMF claims to be
> about.
> > Regardless of if acewiki has a problem with another site, they should not
> be
> > using the main page of Wikipedia to air their grievances.
> >
> > Prodego
> >
> >
>
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