-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 37-01--10 03:59 PM, David Gerard wrote: > If you go against the mission statement, and the expectation with it > that more information is better than less information - even if the > information is horrible and shocking - the community will not accept > it. They will get up and *leave*. As Milos noted, implementing any of > the recommendations on that meta talk page will promptly lead to a > fork. As it should. > > Filtering should be left to third parties. The SOS Children Wikipedia > for Schools is an excellent example, and it's quite popular and won't > get a teacher fired. Other than that, I've seen no evidence of actual > demand for a filtered Wikimedia from end users - only from people who > want to filter the projects themselves at the source.
As much as I hate "+1" posts, I have to say simply: I agree! And thanks for explaining this far more lucidly than I could have. I'd buy you not one but *two* beers if we were near each other. Since we're not, I'll just tip my hat and join you in pushing people who want to filter our projects out so they can do the filtering they want in a more appropriate venue. There's nothing wrong with filtering for consumption. There most certainly *is* a problem with filtering at the source. - -Mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkxI6IoACgkQst0AR/DaKHvY0gCeMrOdBsmxzZUe3dIhGuSg7XvE 5xAAoM1QJ4fUrRSr9hSGpoXLmieLEPhr =2IbL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
