[Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Wed Jul 11 07:20:42 UTC 2012


On 11 July 2012 08:07, Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Yes, very encouraging. We should suggest to the various language Wikipedias
>> that they monitor laws in their home country, and each time one is
>> considered (or even proposed!) that they don't like, the projects should be
>> blacked out. In this way, Wikipedia can function like a crowdsourced global
>> legislature, and more effectively fulfill its educational mission.

> Do you think that educational mission is not political?


No, no, you don't understand: *my* politics are the neutral baseline,
*your* politics are weird and radical.


- d.



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