Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-13 Thread M. Williamson
Finding nudity offensive is not a cultural universal. Members of some cultures may be offended by looking at certain animals full-on or in photographs; what if those animals popped up in search? Where does it end? Where do we draw the line? What do we hide (or erase) and what do we keep unhidden?

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-09 Thread Andreas K.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:52 AM, M. Williamson node...@gmail.com 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

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-07 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:57 PM, M. Williamson node...@gmail.com wrote: So yes, lots of people think what we're doing is wrong, but so what? You can never please anybody. That is why you need to choose a set of principles and stick with them. At least that way, when people don't like what

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-06 Thread M. Williamson
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. I think it's very stupid to equate people don't like this to this is a problem. So yes, the situation is still

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-06 Thread M. Williamson
Perhaps a better example is the article on Santa Claus. If you look at the talkpage, you'll find a couple of people protesting that it isn't a child-friendly article, by which they really mean that we don't play along with the Santa charade like NORAD, Google and countless other prominent

[Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-01 Thread Andreas K.
A Wikimedian has just started a Facebook page Stop pornography on Wikipedia http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-pornography-on-Wikipedia/307245972661745 following an earlier post by her to [[User talk:Jimbo Wales]] in Wikipedia:

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-01 Thread Svip
On 2 February 2012 08:35, Andreas K. jayen...@gmail.com wrote: A Wikimedian has just started a Facebook page Stop pornography on Wikipedia http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-pornography-on-Wikipedia/307245972661745 And we are supposed to care about Facebook pages, why? following an earlier

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-01 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:35:10 +, Andreas K. jayen...@gmail.com 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

Re: [Foundation-l] Facebook Group re pornography on Wikipedia

2012-02-01 Thread Andreas K.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter pute...@mccme.ruwrote: On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:35:10 +, Andreas K. jayen...@gmail.com wrote: A Wikimedian has just started a Facebook page Stop pornography on Wikipedia