[WikiEN-l] Should Wikipedia make it clear to users that it is not censored for minors?

Stephen Bain stephen.bain at gmail.com
Mon May 15 14:44:37 UTC 2006


On 5/15/06, Prasad J <prasad59 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wikipedia has followed a policy whereby it's content is not censored
> for children. Having said that would it be useful to put a
> warning/advisory on the website to make it clear to users that though
> it is legal for them to enter the site, they should be aware that
> Wikipedia's content is not censored for minors and the latter may come
> across some sexual or other adult material so it is advisable for them
> to be careful what they view?

The existing disclaimers (which are linked to from the bottom of every
single page on the entire wiki) pretty much cover it, but then again
noone seems to read the disclaimers.

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Stephen Bain
stephen.bain at gmail.com



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