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

Tue Feb 15 18:16:17 UTC 2005

Skyring wrote:

> I was thinking along the lines of a "printed" Wikipedia and a
> "working" Wikipedia. The "printed" version could be what you describe
> above, perhaps under a different name of Brikipedia or Slikipedia or
> Chikipedia.org, and it could be printed on demand or distributed on CD
> or made available on the web, the selling point being that it is
> accurate, uptodate and free of nasty surprises such as lewd images or
> vandalised articles. Possibly the lewd images could be available if
> you jump through a few hoops, click on a warning notice and provide a
> credit card merely for verification purposes. <g> Meanwhile the
> Wikipedia we know and love keeps on churning away in all its glory
> producing an uptotheminute and occasionally shocking encyclopaedia
> with all the merriment and mayhem of edit wars, debates over clitoral
> images and so on.
> 

I find it quite interesting that, after all this debate, we've ended up 
with a suggested solution that involves pretty much realizing the dream 
that started all this wacky Wikipedia fun: an encyclopedia on every 
schoolchild's desk.

--
Chad