On 12 March 2012 12:28, Richard Symonds <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> deepest parts of the US bible belt, and areas such as Pakistan and India, > which have sizeable English-speaking populations and a very strong religious > vein. With such a diverse worldwide readership on one language, it is only > natural that people from the bible belt /do/ have a say in whether or not > having an image filter is appropriate. We owe it to these people to make > sure that Wikipedia is not blocked in their countries. You're describing places in terms of fundamentally rejecting the Enlightenment. General encyclopedias, starting from l'Encyclopedie, are an Enlightenment project. Ultimately, we can't cripple Wikipedia for the world because some parts of it are not happy with the idea of people being allowed to know stuff in general. - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
