On Dec 27, 2:48 pm, mike3 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 26, 8:42 pm, AzzMazta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:50:01 -0800 (PST), mike3 wrote: > > > > So what's the main argument in the post? Sounds more like just stating > > > opinions about Wikipedia contributors than an "argument". > > > Wikipedia is frequently criticized for censorship - this is often discussed > > in these newsgroups. I agree that censorship occurs on Wikipedia, having > > dealt with it myself in the past (no, not because of malware spam). > > > I suggested that maybe the user base consists primarily of bullied > > students. > > > I should have mentioned, it seems that the articles which are blocked from > > public editing are always topics which would appeal to/be targets for > > [junior]high-schoolers, like "Zac Efron", "Emo", "Jonas Brothers", "Michael > > Jackson", "Ass", "Fuck", "Penis", "Gay", "Tits", "Family Guy", "Rugrats", > > and "Spongebob" > > Well there's also a lot more that are less crude, too, such as > "Dinosaur", > "Genetic engineering", "Italy" (!), "Jew" (go figure), "Jesus", > "Christianity", "Atheism", "Middle East", "Iran", and "Moon" (!!). In > general, > most blocked articles are usually "hot" and "controversial" topics and/ > or > ones where people hold strong views (e.g. Jew, Middle East, Iran, the > religious articles, etc. Moon? That's an odd one.) with strong > emotions > behind them. Such is not limited to high school kids subjected to the > evil of > bullying. Though it is possible such high school kids may be the > reason for > blocking of the "crude" articles you mention. But not all of them, as > many > more are blocked that are not crude stuff at all. > > For a full list of blocked > articles:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Pp-protected > > I'm curious as to some of the examples of the WP censorship you are > referring to. How would you know it was high school kids and not > possibly > others (there are others that could take "advantage" of censoring WP > too)?
Just thought to add to all the above: Hey!!! Maybe the bullies themselves are in there editing too! _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
