Yes, there's a slippery slope nearby. Welcoming ideas that would give the soil good traction.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:24 AM, David Goodman <dgoodma...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1/ > when people should be "protected", is not self-explanatory. Some may > feel that > people are best protected by knowing the full truth in all cases. > > 2/ > "doing right" is even more ambiguous of a concept than "improving the > encyclopedia"; > the reason we have actual rules is that people will not always agree > about such generalities > > Some of us may think "doing right" is publishing everything known to > be verified; others, only those that > lead to desirable social consequences. What constitute desirable > social consequences is also not a > uniform concept, or there would be no political differences. > > The present government of China would completely agree with these > principles for the flow of information, > and the leaders there undoubtedly think they apply them in practice. > Probably the Taliban would also. So would > anyone who thinks that only those doing right ought to be permitted to > communicate--this is the basic characteristic > of repressive governments. . > > > > > David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG > > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Ken Arromdee<arrom...@rahul.net> wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Durova wrote: > >> With respect and appreciation extended toward Apoc2400, it's dubious > that > > there would be a need for a separate policy to cover this rare situation. > > At most, a line or two in existing policy would articulate the matter. > > > > How about this as a start: > > > > -- Modify WP:NOTCENSORED to say that Wikipedia is censored in rare cases > in > > order to protect people. > > > > -- Modify WP:IAR to say that rules can be violated if they prevent doing > > what's right, rather than only if they prevent improving the > encyclopedia. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- http://durova.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
