On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:52 AM, M. Williamson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, and some people don't like the fact that we tell the truth about, say, > the Taiwan situation (or at least we try our very best to), or the > Tienanmen Square protests of 1989. > So if members of the public looking for a sound file of tolling bells in Commons get http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masturbation_Techniques_-_tolling_of_the_bells_(animated).gif as their first search hit in Commons, this somehow strikes a blow for freedom in the way our coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests does? > I think it's very stupid to equate "people don't like this" to "this is a > problem". > > So yes, the situation is still unchanged, but in my opinion it is a GOOD > thing that it's still unchanged. The advertising situation on Wikipedia is > "still unchanged", but unchanged situations don't have to be bad, and in > this case I am a firm believer that the status quo is far better than what > this woman (and many image filter proposals) is proposing. > > > 2012/2/2 Andreas K. <[email protected]> > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:35:10 +0000, "Andreas K." <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > A Wikimedian has just started a Facebook page "Stop pornography on > > > > Wikipedia" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-pornography-on-Wikipedia/307245972661745 > > > > > > > > > > If I read it correct, she opened a Facebook group since, as she states, > > > she could not find anybody on Wikipedia who would share her opinion. I > do > > > not see why we should worry about this. There are many people with > their > > > own agenda who could not find anybody on Wikipedia to share their > agenda > > > and go to promote it elsewhere. > > > > > > > > > > Well, it's relevant to the extent that she came across a masturbation > video > > while looking for something completely different. (I think she said she > was > > looking up "roll over".) Some people don't like that. It's a problem > we've > > discussed before: > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Controversial_content/Problems > > > > The situation is still unchanged. > > > > A. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
