Nathan, the Enwiki organic category system is not very good. For
example, there are no consistent ontological constraints placed on the
entire ontological tree (which should not be surprising because the
Library of Congress Card Number system, the Dewey decimal system, the
SIC ontology, and even Wordnet to some extent, are all insufficient
for topic subject matter classification as specializations increase.)
As ontologies go, it barely ranks in the fourth decile. Wikidata
already has inherent ontology patches to the organic category system,
and most if not all of them are compliant with European laws. I am
going to love what happens to Wikipedia's organic categories as they
meet normal forms.
Enjoy!
Best regards,
Jim
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 6:24 PM, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not seeing an argument here for why Wikimedia
should adhere to this
law, if it is correctly stated by the OP. If France passed a law banning
Internet-published photos of living people, how would we approach that law?
If Germany barred publishing the place of birth, date of birth or religious
preference of public figures? If the United States banned publishing the
name of individuals accused of mass murder? Passionate arguments could be
made in favor of each, but none of them would support the perspective of an
educational organization dedicated to the freedom of knowledge.
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