Whoops, didn't cc. The censorship discussion is around again, but this question is about the feasibility (in terms of not melting the servers) of users being able to block images from particular categories.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Gerard <[email protected]> Date: 22 July 2010 21:01 Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Discussion Questions for Potentially-Objectionable Content To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <[email protected]> On 22 July 2010 20:10, Excirial <[email protected]> wrote: > I would, however, strongly support a system that gives users > a choice to censor if they wish. It should be possible to categorize commons > in such a way that certain images can be blocked. For example, a user might > choose to block "images of Muhammad", while allowing surgery related images > (Others might swap there if they wish). This is a perennial proposal. It's an idea I like, as it puts control in the hands of the viewer rather than third parties. All it requires is someone to code something that passes muster as being unlikely to melt the servers. cc to wikitech-l - how feasible is something that allows users to stop display of arbitrary image categories and/or subcategories? - d. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
