[WikiEN-l] Re: Writing about sexual topics responsibly is not censorship

Tue Feb 15 00:23:09 UTC 2005

I prefer "potentially offensive". I think it would be far easier to 
come to a consensus when the issue is one of a tag rather than should 
it or should it not be deleted.

Christiaan

On 14 Feb 2005, at 8:20 pm, Rick wrote:

> We've had this discussion on several pages.  Nobody can agree on what 
> "explicit images" means.  Do we slap that tag on the pictures from Abu 
> Graib?  From Auschwitz?  From Dresden?  How about images of Adolf 
> Hitler and George Bush?
>
> RickK
>
> Christiaan Briggs <christiaan at last-straw.net> wrote:
> Skyring wrote:
>
>>> Something of this kind cannot be avoided except by banning *all*
>>> sexually explicit images--something I've seen seriously advanced.
>>
>> Well, no. All we need do is have some sort of flag for explicit images
>> and make sure that these are handled appropriately. It could be
>> completely transparent to the user through using cookies. I don't want
>> to ban such images, nor do I think it is possible to stop children
>> viewing them. I just want a way to stop wowsers equating Wikipedia
>> with porn and demonstrating this on prime time TV.
>
> Nail on the head.
>
> Christiaan