Adding "Kapil Sibal is an idiot" on the Wikipedia article is vandalism http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapil_Sibal&action=historysubmit&diff=464355055&oldid=464353638
Addling "verifiable facts" is acceptable ( including controversies and criticism" http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapil_Sibal&action=historysubmit&diff=464367647&oldid=464366606 Hope I clarified the difference. Regards Tinu Cherian P.S. On a lighter note, Please feel to add "Kapil Sibal is an idiot" , if you can provide/prove that with "Verifiable references" from "Reliable Sources" :) On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Vickram Crishna <vvcris...@radiophony.com>wrote: > Oh, the mention of 'idiot' on that page is vandalism (no, I haven't done > it - yet)? I thought we had a very interesting discussion about current > affairs at WikiConf where there seemed to be a consensus that presenting > every side of the picture is important. > > Is reporting the fact that major websites like Kafila.org and literally > hundreds or thousands of Twitter users are tweeting the hashtag > #IdiotKapilSibal wrong, in that case? > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM, CherianTinu Abraham < > tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On a related note, this has appeared on *The Economic Times* : >> >> " Five reasons why India can't censor the Internet" >> >> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/five-reasons-why-india-cant-censor-the-internet/articleshow/11018330.cms >> >> >> "*Yes, Internet content has the permanence and public-impact potential >> that a phone call does not, but equally, it lends itself brilliantly to >> self-regulation. * >> * >> * >> *3. Peer review works: Wikipedia is the best example. Who could have >> imagined that a user-created encyclopedia could be so objective, and >> comprehensive? Yes, anyone can go in and edit anything (barring entries >> like "Kapil Sibal", which have been locked due to vandalism!). * >> * >> * >> *If you make an inappropriate change, someone will come in and correct >> it.* " >> >> >> Regards >> Tinu Cherian >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < >> parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This is basically restriction of freedom of expression and it will >>> hurt Wikipedia much more than it hurts Twitter or Facebook. >>> >>> On 07/12/2011, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:06, Achal Prabhala <aprabh...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> fyi >>> >> >>> >> -------- Original Message -------- >>> >> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Indian Minister Kapil Sibal Wants >>> to >>> >> Censor >>> >> social >>> >> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:02:10 +0530 >>> >> From: Achal Prabhala <aprabh...@gmail.com> >>> >> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List < >>> >> foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org> >>> >> >>> > >>> > I just want to write that there was a community member who seemed to >>> be of >>> > the notion ImageFilter is the technical fix for what Kapil Sibal is >>> > proposing(without probably understanding / knowing much) and >>> connecting the >>> > two distinct things. Yes Sibal showed some images as examples for his >>> > support, but what Sibal means is much more and prescreening of every >>> byte >>> > of user generated content. Please tell that member that linking up 2 >>> > different things is not a good idea. ImageFilter needs to be discussed >>> with >>> > its own merits / demerits and this thing that Sibal proposes means much >>> > more than images. >>> > >>> > If at all the legislation comes and is being enforced, I think >>> Wikimedia >>> > projects are better equipped *technically* than other social media >>> sites >>> > cited to support the local laws(so that we need not be banned if that >>> goes >>> > to that extreme) with a combination of ImageFilter / FlaggedRevisions >>> and >>> > some more customizations, but thats not where we would like to go. >>> > Community is already not so strong and needs support, there is so much >>> work >>> > to do in increasing content, censorship will cripple Indian community >>> if >>> > such a thing happens. >>> > >>> > There are many questions that the communities need to decide as to >>> submit >>> > to Indian laws (if at all they come through) and I hope the situation >>> does >>> > not arise for us to take those tough calls. >>> > >>> > PS : I would not like to post / join foundation-l myself since it has >>> high >>> > SNR IMO. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Regards >>> > Srikanth.L >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from my mobile device >>> >>> Regards, >>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan. >>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. >>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > -- > Vickram > Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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