Date of the article says 02 Aug 2012. Why is this relevant now on this list?
Aubrey On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Toby Dollmann <toby.dollm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why ? > > Have you forgotten Section 230 of Communications Decency Act ? > > Toby > > On 1/11/15, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > can someone shut this guy up? > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > > > On 11 January 2015 at 07:37, Toby Dollmann <toby.dollm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9447161/Wikipedia-charity-chairman-resigns-after-pornography-row.html > >> > >> Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row > >> > >> The chairman of the charity responsible for promoting Wikipedia in > >> Britain has resigned after he was banned from editing the online > >> encyclopaedia, following rows about the inclusion of pornography. > >> > >> By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent > >> 3:55PM BST 02 Aug 2012 > >> > >> Ashley van Haeften resigned as chairman of Wikimedia UK today, citing > >> concerns the controversy over his ban could cause divisions among > >> Wikipedia supporters. > >> > >> “I have discussed this matter with [Mr van Haeften] this morning,” > >> said Jon Davies, the chief executive of the charity, which distributes > >> £1m of donations from Wikipedia supporters annually. > >> > >> “He is keen that there should be no division in the Wikimedia UK > >> community over his role as Chair, especially at a time when so many > >> great things are being achieved. > >> > >> “He has therefore resigned as Chair.” > >> > >> The Telegraph reported this week how Mr van Haeften had been banned > >> indefinitely from contributing to the English version of Wikipedia by > >> ArbCom, an elected committee of senior editors. > >> > >> > >> > >> ArbCom applied the sanction after finding he mounted personal attacks > >> on people with concerns about explicit material on Wikipedia, > >> including about material he had posted. He was criticised for > >> including a “highly inappropriate” link to pornography in the > >> biography of a living person. > >> > >> Wikipedia carries a large quantity of explicit material, despite > >> promoting itself as an educational website suitable for > >> schoolchildren. Critics such as Larry Sanger, a co-founder of the > >> website, and people attacked by Mr van Haeften, have argued for > >> filters or age controls to be introduced. > >> > >> Mr van Haeften, who works as an IT project manager, was also found by > >> ArbCom to have violated a series of editing rules, including by using > >> multiple accounts to change pages after he had asked for a “clean > >> start”. > >> > >> His resignation follows a call by members of Wikimedia UK for an > >> Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss the controversy. They said > >> the decision of the charity’s board to keep Mr van Haeften on as > >> chairman despite his ban from contributing to Wikipedia “not a > >> sufficient response to this situation”. > >> > >> An EGM could still go ahead, however, as the call was for a vote on a > >> resolution “to remove Ashley Van Haeften from the Board of Trustees of > >> Wikimedia UK”, not only to strip him of the chairmanship. > >> > >> “By not resigning as chair immediately after the ArbCom decision was > >> announced I am afraid that [Mr van Haeften] made an error which can > >> now only be corrected by his resignation from the board altogether,” > >> said one Wikimedia UK member. > >> > >> Mr van Haeften remains on the Wikimedia UK board. A new chairman will > >> be elected at a meeting this evening. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Wikimedia-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to wikimedia-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
