[Foundation-l] 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter

[Andre Engels]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Tobias Oelgarte <
tobias.oelgarte at googlemail.com> wrote:


> You would have to proof that your facts are indeed true. But if you
> accept it as a huge difference between cultures, how can you impose a
> filter for a culture that doesn't need it or wants it?
>

Just like a normal addition to Mediawiki: Those who don't want to use it,
don't have to.


> How would you expect to find a good compromise in decisions on what to
> filter and what not? Do you intend to put an extremist conservative Arab
> and and the most liberal German inside the same room, close the door, go
> away, come back after two weeks and look if they could find a compromise
> about Yes or No? How should this work?
>

Quite simple: add one filter for each, and describe for each what they
filter, then let every user for themself decide whether to filter the one,
the other, neither or both.


> The referendum showed that cultural neutrality is important for the
> voters. But how do you think to find a compromise between hell and
> heaven, without having hell and heaven inside the discussions at commons
> at earth?
>

See above - if your filters are not almost the same, don't use the same
filter, but create two different ones.

-- 
André Engels, andreengels at gmail.com