[Foundation-l] Another board member statement

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Wed May 12 06:52:49 UTC 2010


stevertigo wrote:
> Kat Walsh <kat at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>   
>> "Commons should not be a host for media that has very
>> little informational or educational value
>>     
> This is too broad. Confine the scope toward dealing with what does not
> belong, rather than trying to suggest that everything be purposed as
> stated above. "Prurient" and "exhibitionist" are terms which seem to
> adequately define what doesn't belong.
>
>
>   
I tend to agree. "Informational or educational value" is at first sight 
a noble goal, but is as subjective in its definition as "notable".This 
is not to say that your proferred terms will always be clear, but the 
grey areas will likely be narrower.

Ec




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