Am 16.05.2011 22:39, schrieb Nathan: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Chris McKenna<cmcke...@sucs.org> wrote: > >> I don't know where you get the impression that anyone here is promoting >> any sort of lackadaiscial attitude? >> As far as I read the arguments we have two groups of people, those who >> want to censor images that they do not like or that they think other >> people will not like; and those that want to actively stand up for the >> rights to an uncensored collection of free media. >> >> Commons is not censored, if you want a collection of free media that does >> not offend you or someone else then you are in the wrong place. >> >> ---- >> Chris McKenna >> >> cmcke...@sucs.org >> www.sucs.org/~cmckenna > > Someone reading this conversation might almost think that "uncensored > images" is the defining core value of Commons. If that's actually the > case, some rebranding is necessary. I imagine you could certainly > attract an audience with a site advertised as being uncensored, but I > was always under the impression that Commons and Wikimedia were out > for a broader, more fully clothed audience. > > What's funny is that you actually think you are arguing against > attempts at censorship; what this demonstrates more than anything else > is that you have deeply misunderstood censorship and what it means. > Unfortunately, you are obviously not nearly open minded enough to > learn from any explanation. > > I will try to make one point: You are not in any sense the proprietor, > gatekeeper, authority or representative of Commons the project or its > community. You have no right to tell people "If you don't like it, get > out" as you have done several times. They are as free to express their > opinion as you are, and many (as you've no doubt noticed) disagree > with you. So why not take a break from telling people to go away? > > Nathan > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > Additionally the German community decided with 233:13 votes against any kind of censorship of the mainpage. That means, any article or image that is considered good in previous a previous debate has it's right (to be good enough) to be shown on the mainpage, no matter what it is. That is my interpretation of not censored, preselected content by a minority.
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