[Foundation-l] Image filter brainstorming: Personal filter lists

Fri Dec 2 11:20:11 UTC 2011

On 2 December 2011 11:00, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers at gmail.com> wrote:

> A fourth area of contention is money and specifically whether this is a
> legitimate use of the money donated to the movement. We've already had one
> UK board member ask awkward question re this.

Wikimedia Deutschland has passed a motion against any form of image filtering:

http://blog.wikimedia.de/2011/11/24/ruckblick-auf-die-9-mitgliederversammlung-2/

I can't find the actual resolution text, but that post says: "Der
Verein Wikimedia Deutschland lehnt die Entwicklung eines Bildfilters
ab. Er unterstützt demzufolge auch nicht die Entwicklung eines solchen
Filters und fordert das Kuratorium der Wikimedia Foundation auf, das
Projekt nicht weiter zu verfolgen." - "Wikimedia Germany opposes the
development of an image filter. If therefore does not support the
development of such a filter and asks the Board of Trustees of the
Wikimedia Foundation not to pursue the project further."

>But radically the board could resolve
> this by setting up a stand alone organisation to fund the global image
> filter. If that couldn't fundraise then we'd have an idea of the value of
> the concept, and it might be salutary for the board itself to organise such
> a fork and then have to collaborate with it.

Now, that could be fun. Something that doesn't actually run on the WMF
servers, funded by people who directly care about the concept.

- d.