On 8 March 2012 11:01, Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net> wrote: > On 03/07/12 3:29 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: > >> On 7 Mar 2012, at 23:16, David Gerard<dger...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> We're beyond mainstream and are now infrastructure. We're part of the >>> assumed background. Academia and museums come to us now. While I'm >>> sure someone can then say "and therefore we must filter", that's >>> asserting the claim for the *opposite* reason Andreas gives, i.e. >>> insufficient fame. >>> >> We're a mainstream resource, with links to academia. Whilst it is >> tempting to view the movement as radical and fundamental we are >> majority ruled, and the majority is mainstream. >> > > What follows from this is the need for mechanisms that avoid the tyranny > of the majority.
Hmm, so the argument here is to enforce the view of a minority on a majority? As I pointed out last time; if anything, that is a worse goal... Providing global access is a far far cry from enforcing a viewpoint (thank goodness), which is what a lot of people seem to be advocating here. > > We are progressive, but that is another matter. >> >> All of which is irrelevant in considering the desire of the reader. >> > > Which reader? > The users of the website. You know; our main focus! :) > > Does our hypothetical reader not have any responsibility in the way he > interprets what he reads or says? > > Yes. Which is my point entirely. Tom _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l