I (think / hope) that what I'm suggesting is certainly not censorship in any way - more just the reasonable expectation that some of our content may raise an eyebrow in schools - and that it's a good idea to be mindful of this in our communications and work with them.
By way of further illustration, here's an example of a good faith contributor at commons compiling a collection of some of his favourite shots; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TwoWings/Fav#Sexy I think we're all big enough and ugly enough to accept that there's nothing wrong with this sort of thing, and that it's normal to enjoy eroticism - I think it's also perfectly fair enough for schools to want to be a bit careful with how they interact with this sort of material - maybe it's as simple as saying 'look, there's actually quite a lot of images on various wiki projects that you might not want your pupils to see / share / collect - and here's how you can help achieve this' - back to the directed projects, supervised access etc. I guess..... best, Peter PM. another example doing the rounds is this one - 'not safe for work'; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shaved_genitalia_(female) (by the way - if something's 'not safe for work' - presumably it's 'not safe for schools' either? dunno!) 2008/12/10 Gnangarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Lets look at this differently, Wikipedia/Foundation is about providing free > access to all knowledge, how could someone who supports the project consider > promoting censorship of the information? > > > > 2008/12/10 Gnangarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> >> 2008/12/10 private musings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> >>> >>> <snip> though I would prefer there were better systems in place to ensure >>> that the images are legal (ie. models consenting and of age), and that (per >>> Nick) folk have some opportunity to self-select. I'd be inclined to support >>> a flickr like 'please click here to indicate that you're of age to view this >>> material' sort of thing, I think. >>> >> >> >> Yep and every kid is going to just tick such a box anyway, the intention >> of the box is to dimish responsibility of the provider not to protect the >> viewer. >> >> >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Peter >>> PM. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:28 AM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> I must say, there's a certain appeal to attempting to forbid kids from >>>> reading encyclopedias, so they'll think it's cool. >>>> >>>> >>>> - d. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> GN. >> http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ >> > > > > -- > GN. > http://gnangarra.redbubble.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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