On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hiya Bishakha > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have said, it is a matter of perspective how you view them. But if we go > by the assumption that editorial judgement is a separate thing, whose job > is > it to exercise it? WMF has long held the position that the project are > independent and it has not editorial control over what the community > decides- this would not be the case if we consider the filter an editorial > judgement. Keeping in mind the reaction that has been shown by different > communities, would it mean, WMF would be exercising that control? using an > already existing structure of categories created earlier, possibly by > editors who don't agree with the filter, to implement the said editorial > control? What about editorial independence[1]? > >
Good point - I don't think WMF is trying to take editorial control. WMF is trying to develop a software feature. Yes, editorial independence is part of editorial judgement and editing. (Am at Seoul airport, not slept all night, so pardon my fuzziness). > No, it is only being hidden. Not being hidden for everyone - you hide if you want, I don't if I don't want. > Based on an arbitrary system of categories that > can be exploited. Agree that there has been a good discussion on categorization, and the issues related to this, both on this list and on meta - and useful models proposed. Best Bishakha > > [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editorial_independence > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l