[WikiEN-l] The Censorship Lie

Wed Feb 16 21:43:59 UTC 2005

--- Puddl Duk <puddlduk at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> --- Tony 'the [[Energizer Bunny]]' Sidaway
> <minorityreport at bluebottle.com> wrote:
> 
> > Puddl Duk said:
> > >
> > >
> > > Wikipedia image policy 'suggests' discussing
> > > objectionable images before adding. This wasn't
> > done
> > > for the autofellatio image.
> > 
> > The situation has changed since then; there really
> > has been no successful
> > move to get rid of that picture to date, to my
> > surprise.  
> 
> I guess I would intemperate this differently; there
> has been no successful move to _keep_ the image.
> 
> And I think the poll is flawed, the link option
> retains the image at wikipedia.  This is wrong.
> 
> 
> > It seems to me
> > that unless Jimbo ups and deletes it (and you
> won't
> > see any complaints
> > from me if he does), the picture will be there in
> > one form or another for
> > a while.  One solution to this might be that Jimbo
> > himself lists it for
> > deletion, because this might shift the stalement
> > that has occurred on IfD
> > each time it has been listed before.
> > 
> Good points, maybe after the in-line option is
> defeated the existing policy can be implemented to
> delete the image. Won't reflect the poll exactly,
> but
> the poll is flawed.
> 
> I would like to see this policy developed further,
> getting community consensus before adding
> objectionable material is good, and doesn't require
> censorship.
> 
This policy should be applied to speedy deletes; when
a troll gets a temporary account to upload his
collection of porn, diapers, url stamped vibrator
images, etc... and doesn't bother to seek community
opinion on the matter, the images could be speeded.

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