Steve VanSlyck wrote:
That is a moral standard. Freedom is more important then moral imperative.
Freedom is subject to obligations. You have the "freedom" - read, "power" - to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. You '''don't''' have a right to do so.
I do not have the freedom to vandalise Wikipedia.
Sure you do. People do it all the time. But you don't have a '''right''' to do so. And you don't have a '''right''' to fill this list with off-topic issues. Create a new list, and let others exercise '''their''' freedom to spend allocate their time on lists as they choose.
First a response to others. I do agree completly that the moral standards of others, who use the MediaWiki software, is out of our control. No mater if its is porn or neo-nazi or some other subject. I think only legal autorities are able to solve that, if the use of MediaWiki is outside the legal bounderies.
Just for documentation I summarize valuable posts on this subject and it boils down (for me) to :
...freedom is considered by many to be the more important moral imperative.
Source : David Gerard http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2010-May/034196.html
Freedom is subject to obligations. You have the "freedom" - read, "power" - to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. You '''don't''' have a right to do so.
Source : Steve Van Slyck http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2010-May/034200.html
There is your wish, and from others, to continue in an other newgroup. Can you tell me which newsgroup I have to use about the morals standards of the community developing and installing MediaWiki? And which results may effect highly this community? And will each member of this community incorporate the end results what is defined there as moral standards as their own moral standard without any further discussion?
With regards,
Bernard