On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:38:43 +0000, Theresa Knott
<theresaknott(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:53:06 +0600, Arno M
<redgum46(a)lycos.com> wrote:
these
always were unsuitable to minors.
Wikipedia is a wiki. That means _anyone_ can edit
it, including those
people who like to prey on children. Wikipedia is
not suitable for
minors and will be banned from schools soon
enough
anyway in the same
way that chat rooms are banned from schools.
Wikipedia is an adult encylopedia, and should
cater for adults.
Theresa
1) Just because preditors may edit wikipedia doesn't
mean we lack editorial control.
2) Removing children from the argument doesn't really
change it. Many adults don't want to run into some of
this content in an encyclopedia.
Writing an encyclopedia should include a sense of who
our target audience is, and this should shape policy.
Rather than preditors defining who we are.
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