[WikiEN-l] NPOV and category-based image filtering

Tue Feb 22 17:15:07 UTC 2005

Fred Bauder (fredbaud at ctelco.net) [050223 03:21]:

> This illustrates the whole problem with this area, finding a middle ground.
> Although many of our potential readers might object to these images they are
> unobjectionable. That should not rule out sensible limits on offensive
> images. But we seem on Votes for Deletion to be running into some problems.
> I think one of the problems is a lack of feedback from consumers which
> affects those who take an extreme position. In the real world there are
> costs associated with exceeding reasonable bounds.

For printed works, those "costs" are a lack of sales.

Waht will happen to Wikipedia if we don't? People will abandon Wikipedia
and our servers will run too fast? (Or they'll come here for the H0T N3KK1D
P1X and our servers will melt?)

- d.