Yikes! That could be quite problematic! But still, fundamentally, we aren't here for the money. Clearly, people need to put their heads together and come up with a creative back up money making solution for the Wikimedia Foundation should this happen again.
Emily On May 12, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Ian Woollard wrote: > On 12/05/2010, AGK <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 11 May 2010 22:43, Steve Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've long thought the presence of graphic sexual pictures on >>> Commons, and certainly in Wikipedia, does more harm than good, >>> because >>> it means the site "can't be trusted" in the eyes of librarians, >>> teachers, etc etc. >> >> Long-term, we're aiming to compile all knowledge into one >> freely-accessible location. We shouldn't infringe on that mission, >> even if we displease some easily-upset persons along the way. > > According to the Guardian, the easily-upset people could perhaps > include some of the sponsors of the Wikipedia, and Fox newspaper has > been deliberately seeking them out, and trying to persuade them not to > donate any more money: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/may/10/ipad-apple > >> AGK > > -- > -Ian Woollard > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
