[WikiEN-l] filtering, etc.

[Daniel Ehrenberg]

--- Axel Boldt <axelboldt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Daniel Ehrenberg <littledanehren at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > One of Wikipedia's main goals is to get it to
> > everyone. That's why it is free, in both senses,
> free
> > food and free speech. If we want to get it to
> > everyone, we have to make some accomidations, and
> I
> > think optional censorship (necessary at some
> domain
> > names) is the easiest way to do this.
> 
> Wikipedia is available to everyone. So far, the
> threat is completely
> hypothetical: no school has blocked Wikipedia.
> Maybe, before rushing to
> action, we should give schools more credit. If
> indeed at some point
> some school blocks Wikipedia, we can, after reaping
> the benefits of a
> nice New York Times article and ACLU lawsuit, set up
> your edupedia in a
> matter of weeks - the sifter code is already in
> place.
> 
> Axel
> 

But the sifter code is too exclusive. It would be
better if we had a ''white''list, not a blacklist, and
if certain articles were forked. But I guess I do
agree with your point.
--LDan

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