prelude: Irony might occur.
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 23:20:09 +0000, Christiaan Briggs wrote:
Here're some technical ideas for dealing with
potentially offensive
content:
- Tag "potentially offensive" content for downstream censorship.
- When someone creates an account on Wikipedia they can check a "hide
potentially offensive content from immediate view" option, which can be
overridden when reading an article.
I would do it the other way. Pages with aforementioned tag lead
to a warning-message that you have to confirm. To get it away
permanently you can register yourself and active
[ ] show me the filthy things without warning
Otherwise it might look like that you have to register to
Wikipedia to be "secure".
- As Skyring suggested, a one-time cookie-based splash
screen when
navigating to a page with "potentially offensive" content, for those
not logged in.
People might argue that you can be shocked by a second page
after being prepared for the first, so the warning should be
on every page tagged.
- Print versions of Wikipedia could simply include or
not include
"potentially offensive" content. If both were printed one would be for
the squeamish and one for everyone else.
You mean like the way all other encyclopaedias are published?
Regards, Lothar
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