Anthere wrote:
In particular, when he edits, some words disappear, or parts of words do.
A couple of examples : *http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discussion_Utilisateur:Anthere&... *http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discuter:Accueil&diff=prev&... *http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dieu&diff=prev&oldid=15664...
Now... this guy argues that he is not responsible of the consequences of his edits, that either he has a virus, or that his browser (Firefox) is responsible of the word damaging and removal of all references to women.
The removed portions in those pages are: pagan femmes d il do images q
It's possible that this person is behind some kind of censoring web proxy which is trimming out words it has listed as potentially "offensive" or "sexual" or perhaps even "un-Christian". I'm not sure what's wrong with "imagesq" though... ;)
The word 'femme' in English sometimes has connotations regarding homosexuality and gender identity and I can certainly imagine a hypersensitive prude filter removing it. (See the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme )
For background on these censoring proxies and their problems, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorware
What do you suggest ? In all good faith ? Seriously ?
Such a filter might be installed by a workplace, library, or school and the person might not even be aware of it... but now that they are, it would be irresponsible for them to continue editing and corrupting our content without doing something about it. (ie, SHUTTING IT OFF or editing from someplace where the filter is not active.)
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)