[WikiEN-l] One reason why Wikipedia is not presently classroom-safe

Tony Sidaway minorityreport at bluebottle.com
Wed Feb 23 10:18:13 UTC 2005


Matt R said:
>
> To me, judging whether an image is very likely to be offensive is no
> different a process than the pragmatic decisions made when using
> primary disambiguation: we're seeking to minimise user inconvenience
> amongst competing concerns.
>
Yes, I think you're probably right.  This is why I don't have a great
problem with the principle of server-side per-user filtering.  On the
practice of the thing, I am less hopeful.




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