[Foundation-l] Personal Image Filter results announced

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On 09/04/2011 07:43 PM, Kim Bruning wrote:
> Assuming that the .de community is similar to the wikimedia community at
> large […]

That is where I disagree. The personal image filter doesn't make much
sense in German Wikipedia, since the German culture is generally pretty
liberal with respect to depictions of sexuality, (partially) violence
and of course Muhammed. So it's clear that there is simply no or a very
small necessity for a filter; thus the rejection.

The other extreme would be Acehnese Wikipedia (remember the boycott?[1])
There it might be a unique opportunity to help dissolve a very difficult
conflict.

The image filter makes sense for some Wikipedia versions and for some
not. All depending on the cultural background.
The difficult question is, what to do with very multi-cultural
Wikipedias, like English.

--Tobias

[1]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-July/thread.html#59843

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