[WikiEN-l] Re: Reliable, selectable content

Wed Apr 6 21:30:49 UTC 2005

David Gerard a écrit:
> Anthere (anthere9 at yahoo.com) [050407 00:28]:
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>>If we aim directly to our reader, our editorial policies should be more 
>>stringent, and more adapted to local specificities.
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> How would you do this for en:, for example? What adaptations do you have in
> mind?
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> - d.

Filter systems so that everything is there by default, and readers can 
choose in their preferences what they would prefer to exclude or at 
least to present differently (such as inline link rather than fully 
displayed pictures)

Improvement of category system, so as to improve classification system, 
allow complex queries etc...

are two examples coming up immediately from my mind. Both are linked. 
And both require at the same time technical features and policy changes.

But in a simple way, if the database dump can be made to download all 
content without fair use images, it could be downloadable with all 
content but certain offending stuff tagged as a special category, so 
that the result could be used in school. Of course, some would say, 
"kids should see everything" or "this content is not problematic".

So, we do not do it, and keep it all.

And wikipedia will essentially stay out of schools. This is one choice.