Re: [Bug-gnupedia]Peer Review, Article Formats, (not)Censoring,

[Dries van Oosten]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Hector Facundo Arena wrote:

> I think linking to other web pages is part of the freedom of the
> encyclopedia. We should add a note saying that the GNUPedia mantainers are
> not responsable for the content on that site. That's all.
>
> Obviusly, someone's will check that site before posting the article.

The problem is that links go dead after a while and when that happens, the
quality of the GNUPedia is reduced. That's why I agree that links should
be added seperately. The main body should be real content, otherwise we
become dependend on the black pit of chaos commonly know as the world wide
web. This is a similar problem that a couple of central bugreporting sites
have had. Software manifacturers would no longer explain their problems,
but merely put a link to their own bug reporting page, to generate hits on
their own site. I think you have to take into account that people will try
to use the GNUPedia just as a directory to get people to read their page.
Lack of content would be a reason not to publish, I would say. We have to
have to content and not be dependent on content of third parties.

> > Lastly, I feel that censorship will be an issue with the
> > encyclopedia.  Art, and most pornography falls into this category for some
> > reasion, is not within the scope of an encyclopedia unless the artwork is
> > particularly famous.  For instance Boticelli's (sp?) "Venus" would almost
> > definitely make a showing, and the cover of Playboy's first issue might
> > too.  The bunny-of-the-month from hamster.sex however is recent news and
> > should be in the encyclopedia.  Historical issue's (Nazis,
> > Apartheid) will be covered in their proper place.  So will medical issues.
>
> When an article of that kind arrives, we will vote for it post.

This makes sense. If there are to many people who find the material
shocking, you can put it in a special section or even refuse.

But we have to be careful. We want to screen out people who want to
generate hits for their own pages. We want to screen out people who want
to use us as a place to put illegal (damaging or seriously copyrighted)
stuff.

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Groeten,
Dries