[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Board resolution commissioning study and recommendations

[Michael Snow]

Victor Vasiliev wrote:
> On 06/24/2010 10:20 AM, Michael Snow wrote:
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>> 4. We do expect material in our projects to be educational in nature,
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>>>  and any material that is not educational should be removed.
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> I still believe such a statement imply that most of Wikisource content 
> will have to be deleted if remove all "non-educational" content.
>   
I recommend that people not confuse "educational" with "pedagogical" or 
try to divorce its interpretation from the context of the particular 
project. Historical records have educational value, for example, even 
when those records are not created for pedagogical purposes.

--Michael Snow