[Wikipedia-l] What the front page of the wikipedia needs is a warning for children

[Poor, Edmund W]

Excuse me, Erik, but discussions of what end users want need not be neutral. Only Wikipedia articles must follow the NPOV.

If parents or any other group with strongly held values want to sift out what they regard as antithetical to their values, why should we thwart them?

A handbook on sexual practices might sift *in* only those articles pertaining to belching (sic). It could go in the campanion CD-ROM for 'Our Bodies, Our Selves'.

An Islamic state might decide to filter out any info on Israel or Christianity -- but might decide that NPOV is just fine for the Arab-Israeli articles. Hey, you never know.

Why not come to sifter-l and discuss your team certification proposal there?

Ed Poor