Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia
on 4/18/12 4:53 AM, Mike Dupont at jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: this just in, scary. Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-terrorist-anders-breivik-my-biggest - i nfluence-was-wikipedia-2012-4#ixzz1sN3LZci6 On 18 April 2012 13:55, Marc Riddell michaeldavi...@comcast.net wrote: Unless he expanded on his statement, which isn't in the posted clip, his answer could very well be a sarcastic non-answer to an entity he believes has neither credibility nor authority over him. Marc Riddell It's my understanding that what he said is that Wikipedia was venue he used for researching his ideology. At the end of the day Wikipedia is full of right wing material - because it is a part of history/culture and we have to record it (neutrally). It is entirely possible to take that material and use it to build a world view. This is what people do anyway. We simply have to be accepting of the fact that, while our intent might be to spread a more inclusive society by opening up knowledge to the masses, there is a portion of the population who will form views we find abhorrent. I agree with you, Thomas, that some persons are going to use - or twist - facts to support their own, already-established views. I also agree with Mike that the growing size and complexity of the Encyclopedia needs stronger and more objective oversight. Marc ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia
I find this context upsetting regardless of the points being raised. My personal request for any reader of this email thread, is that if there are any changes you would like to see on Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects, please don't use anything that this monster says as a reason for action. It would be a terrible starting point and taint any discussion. Nothing he has to say has any chance of being notable or rational enough for us to concern ourselves about. I look forward to him being permanently locked away from society and we can turn our backs and move on. Thanks, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:Fae http://enwp.org/user:Fae/events ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia
Yes, I also found it upsetting, but I decided to bring this topic up as someone had sent it to me, and thought that it is better that we know about what is going on before it hits us and we dont know about it. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: I find this context upsetting regardless of the points being raised. -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
