[Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

[Andreas K.]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:52 AM, M. Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, and some people don't like the fact that we tell the truth about, say,
> the Taiwan situation (or at least we try our very best to), or the
> Tienanmen Square protests of 1989.
>


So if members of the public looking for a sound file of tolling bells in
Commons get
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masturbation_Techniques_-_tolling_of_the_bells_(animated).gif
as
their first search hit in Commons, this somehow strikes a blow for freedom
in the way our coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests does?




> I think it's very stupid to equate "people don't like this" to "this is a
> problem".
>
> So yes, the situation is still unchanged, but in my opinion it is a GOOD
> thing that it's still unchanged. The advertising situation on Wikipedia is
> "still unchanged", but unchanged situations don't have to be bad, and in
> this case I am a firm believer that the status quo is far better than what
> this woman (and many image filter proposals) is proposing.
>
>
> 2012/2/2 Andreas K. <jayen466 at gmail.com>
>
> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:35:10 +0000, "Andreas K." <jayen466 at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > A Wikimedian has just started a Facebook page "Stop pornography on
> > > > Wikipedia"
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-pornography-on-Wikipedia/307245972661745
> > > >
> > >
> > > If I read it correct, she opened a Facebook group since, as she states,
> > > she could not find anybody on Wikipedia who would share her opinion. I
> do
> > > not see why we should worry about this. There are many people with
> their
> > > own agenda who could not find anybody on Wikipedia to share their
> agenda
> > > and go to promote it elsewhere.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Well, it's relevant to the extent that she came across a masturbation
> video
> > while looking for something completely different. (I think she said she
> was
> > looking up "roll over".) Some people don't like that. It's a problem
> we've
> > discussed before:
> >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content/Problems
> >
> > The situation is still unchanged.
> >
> > A.
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