[Foundation-l] REPOST: free speech and wikinews

Tue May 3 22:20:36 UTC 2005

Chad Perrin:
> Rather than being "bold", as you suggest, I'd recommend that we simply
> be "true" -- true to the purpose for which, and the principles on which,
> Wikipedia was created.

Briefly:
- Can NPOV in the Chinese WP be respected under the conditions as they 
are? If not, a principle on which Wikipedia was founded is already being 
violated.
- Chinese WN is not being launched under the same conditions as other 
WN. As such, an intervention has already been made. In any case, "you 
cannot not communicate"; through action or inaction, you cannot avoid 
sending a signal to the Chinese community. We have to carefully observe 
what the effects of this signal are going to be.
- In general, a report from or survey of the Chinese Wikipedia community 
on NPOV and censorship issues would be very helpful.

Erik