2011/9/18 Andre Engels <[email protected]>: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Oliver Koslowski <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Am 18.09.2011 13:56, schrieb Andre Engels: >> > On itself the one who tags the image, but we happen to have a system for >> > that in Wikimedia. It is called discussion and trying to reach consent. >> Who >> > decides whether a page is in a category? Who decides whether a page has >> an >> > image? Who decides whether something is decribed on a page? All the same. >> >> Our typical system of categories is designed to make it easier to /find/ >> (related) articles or media. Good luck trying that with a system that is >> designed to /hide/ things. > > I don't see a difference. I want to show images showing so-and-so, or I do > not want to see them. It's all about saying whether images show so-and-so.
Then we have a problem, because these are completely different things. >> And this doesn't seem like an awful waste of >> precious time to you? For a feature that is not all that likely to be >> popular on a global scale? > > It depends. If people want to do it, it is their choice how to use their > volunteering time. If they don't, then bad luck to those using the feature. This seems at best to be written without a real thought on the practical thing. Take any controversial subject, being nudity or Muhammad. If people do not want to see the images, I doubt very much that they will review them to add categories. If people don't care about seeing the images, I also doubt that they will spend time adding catergories. Then who would add categories for the filter? Go figure... > I do agree that there are dozens of things in Wikipedia/Wikimedia/Mediawiki > that I'd rather see; I chose the secon-lowest rating in the referendum, and > might well have chosen the lowest had I not expected that to be understood > as "I am against this". I do think there are many better things to do with > our time and other means. > > -- > André Engels, [email protected] Regards, Yann _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
