[Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced
David Gerard
dgerard at gmail.com
Sun Sep 4 13:24:32 UTC 2011
On 4 September 2011 14:08, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Frankly, I am quite unhappy about the referendum and share the
> concerns expressed by Thomas. I think that the Foundation did not take
> those Wikimedians serious who are opposed to the filter. The
> Foundation avoided the direct question whether someone is for or
> against the filter at all, this most important question was denied to
> the community.
> From this perspective, the first question can be seen as manipulative.
I see no reason to assume it was not merely badly thought-out, rather
than intended as manipulative.
Could someone please detail the process by which the questions were written?
> On German language Wikipedia, there is a poll of its own.
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meinungsbilder/Einf%C3%BChrung_pers%C3%B6nlicher_Bildfilter
> It will go until September 15th, but by now the results are as
> follows: Against the filter 231, for the filter 44. Undecided 14.
Could someone also please detail why this - the key question
surrounding the whole issue - was not asked?
- d.
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