[Foundation-l] Possible solution for image filter

[David Levy]

Milos Rancic wrote:

> Between:
> 1) implementation against the majority will on main project;
> 2) prolonged discussion about this issue, which would harm community;
> 3) irrelevant in-house circus
>
> -- I choose the circus.

Those aren't the only options.

> And Board needs other options, as pushing censorship within the Board
> is strong enough to allow them to step back.

An alternative proposal (which is *far* simpler and maintains
neutrality) already has the public backing of WMF trustee Samuel
Klein:

"As I noted at some point on the mediawiki discussion page: I'm also
in favor of any implementation being a general image filter. I haven't
seen any other option proposed that sounded like it would work out
socially or philosophically."

"There is only one argument I have heard for a category system: that
it might be technically easier to implement. I don't think this is a
good argument - a bad solution here could be worse than none."

"I would certainly like to see what sort of interest there is in a
general image filter. That is the only version of this feature that I
could imagine myself using. (for a small and annoying phobia.)"

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Image_filter_referendum/en/Categories#general_image_filter_vs._category_system
or
http://goo.gl/t6ly5

David Levy