Agreed. I don't particularly agree with Gerard's point that " It is similar as if I were to say to the English language community that they have to change their way because their community consensus is incompatible with WMF official board sanctioned policies." - in that situation, yes, I'd expect en-wiki to change. If en-wiki was to leave its collective brain home one day and get rid of the BLP policy, would we shrug our shoulders and go "well, yes, it's a board-sanctioned policy, but they can make their own decisions"? NPOV isn't just a board-sanctioned policy - it's one of the fundamental principles and pillars the wiki is built on.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Excirial <[email protected]> wrote: > I know that every project's allowed to create its own guidelines and > policies, but this seems to go against the freedom of information principle > that Wikipedia stands for. I could accept this "No images" rule if it were > present on a Wiki where the bulk of the editors are legally restricted from > making such edits (Though it wouldn't be illegal per se, as the servers > aren't located in the country in question), but i am a bit baffled that > they > feel the need to complain about the English Wiki, rather then worrying > about > their own Wiki instead. Equally i am non to fond of sysops who so > blatantly > advance their own point of view, as this signals that the sysop cannot > handle conflicts in a neutral and impartial sense. > > I agree that a dialog needs to be started with this Wiki, in order to > discuss this issue. It is probably best to do so quickly, before an ulama > indeed decides to declare this a fatw -. In that case we would be > discussing > under a religious pretext, which is rarely the best way to fix issues such > as these. > > ~Excirial > > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Manuelt15 Wiki <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Only wanted to notify you that the Acehnese Wikipedia < > > http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ôn_Keuë<http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94n_Keu%C3%AB> > <http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94n_Keu%C3%AB> > > <http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94n_Keu%C3%AB>> > > have plans about boycotting Wikipedia, as they say in this statement < > > http://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pola:Lhi_gamba_peukabeh_Nabi_Muhammad_saw> > > in > > their Main page. > > > > --Manuelt15 > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
