[Foundation-l] Blog from Sue about censorship, editorial judgement, and image filters

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:44 AM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Overall, I think Sue's post was an effort to move the conversation
>> away from thinking of this issue purely in the terms of the debate as
>> it's taken place so far. I think that's a very worthwhile thing to do.
>> I would also point out that lots of good and thoughtful ideas have
>> been collected at:
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/Next_steps/en
>>
>> IMO the appropriate level of WMF attention to this issue is to 1) look
>> for simple technical help that we can give the community, 2) use the
>> resources that WMF and chapters have (in terms of dedicated, focused
>> attention) to help host conversations in the communities, and bring
>> new voices into the debate, to help us all be the best possible
>> versions of ourselves. And as Sue said, we shouldn't demonize each
>> other in the process. Everyone's trying to think about these topics in
>> a serious fashion, balancing many complex interests, and bringing
>> their own useful perspective.
>>
>> Erik
>>
>
>
> Erik, if you really want to change the focus of the debate, suggest to
> Sue and the board that they make a commitment: that an image filter
> won't be imposed on the projects against strong majority opposition in
> the contributing community. Then you can move on to the hard work of
> convincing us of its merits, and we can set arguments over authority
> and roles aside.
>
> Nathan
>

Hear, hear!


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