[Bug-gnupedia] Re: Bug-gnupedia digest, Vol 1 #4 - 12 msgs

[Pulp]

> Message: 8
> Subject: Re: [Bug-gnupedia]Censoring,
>
> In terms of media like gifs (fraught with copyright
> problems) and movies encrypted as say Real or MS
> Media... we coudl run into problems here, especially
> with links, as an encyclopedia with broken links is
> stupid, and it would take more than a script checking
> links to ensure links are kept. For instance, what if
> one file goes down for a while, or is moved and the
> link is subsequently removed before the host has a
> chance to relink? (if that makes sense, you're amazing
> people!).

Perhaps we should establish specific catagories of references.  In
general, we could have two sorts of references, "hard" and "soft".  A hard
reference would be a link to other material maintained as part of the
GNUPedia project.  This should, barring every available GNUPedia server
going down at once, always be available.  A soft reference would be a link
to any material not inclusive to the GNUPedia.

Hard and soft refs should be distinguishable at sight.  This way, we
can at least have a clear policy that reduces confusion over
broken/missing/whatever links.

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