[Foundation-l] Discussion Questions for Potentially-Objectionable Content

[David Gerard]

On 22 July 2010 20:10, Excirial <wp.excirial at gmail.com> 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.