[Foundation-l] Controversial content software status - the image filter disguised under a new label

Tobias Oelgarte tobias.oelgarte at googlemail.com
Mon Mar 12 20:14:34 UTC 2012


Even if it is only one click it is still the same as appending a dislike 
button to it (if no all or nothing option). At least it shows, that we 
think, that it is something disturbing. At this point it has nothing to 
do with curating content, it's a mere tool to represent POV.

nya~

Am 12.03.2012 14:55, schrieb Gerard Meijssen:
> Hoi,
> When you consider that the current proposal is for a system where it takes
> one click to see something anyway, I do think the notion that something is
> not knowable is over the top.
> Thanks,
>       Gerard
>
> On 12 March 2012 14:07, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> On 12 March 2012 12:28, Richard Symonds
>> <richard.symonds at wikimedia.org.uk>  wrote:
>>
>>> deepest parts of the US bible belt, and areas such as Pakistan and India,
>>> which have sizeable English-speaking populations and a very strong
>> religious
>>> vein. With such a diverse worldwide readership on one language, it is
>> only
>>> natural that people from the bible belt /do/ have a say in whether or not
>>> having an image filter is appropriate. We owe it to these people to make
>>> sure that Wikipedia is not blocked in their countries.
>>
>> You're describing places in terms of fundamentally rejecting the
>> Enlightenment. General encyclopedias, starting from l'Encyclopedie,
>> are an Enlightenment project. Ultimately, we can't cripple Wikipedia
>> for the world because some parts of it are not happy with the idea of
>> people being allowed to know stuff in general.
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
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