Re: [Bug-gne]Right/Wrong if editorship in GNE/Nupedia

[Hector Facundo Arena]

We have to stop thinking on editorial issues. GNE will *not* have any kind
of elite selecting the articles of the encyclopedia. That's part of the
freedom and the spirit of this project. So, If it has good content, it'll
be part of GNE.

On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Jean-Daniel Fekete wrote:

> I am not sure I understand the point of censorship versus "no editor".
> Editorial issue is about quality and ethics.  We can decide what the rules
> are both for quality and ethics.
> Editors are responsible for enforcing the policy regarding these issues.
> By requesting that editors belong to different cultures / countries, we
> should be able to avoid some bias.
> However, I am pretty certain that when GNE/Nupedia becomes famous, every
> brain damaged species of the human race will try to send an article
> explaining why their theory is THE ONE.  Think about having articles on
> negationism, pro pedophilia, pro murder, etc.
> This will happen without editorship.  With editorship, borderline articles
> might be refused.  Even when it happens (it will), there are enough sites on
> the Internet to be sure the ideas will be spread, whatever strange they are.
>
> I don't believe strong censorship -- i.e. a bunch of editors deciding
> together that nothing should be said about for instance suicide because it
> is bad -- can happen when the editors are chosen from a variety of places /
> cultures / countries.  We may also propose an "appeal" if an article is
> refused.
>
> So the debate is: having borderline articles refused by editor versus having
> articles pro pedophilia, pro murder, pro negationism.
>
>   Jean-Daniel Fekete
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Warren" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 1:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bug-gne]Right/Wrong if editorship in GNE/Nupedia
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>
> > Jon Babcock <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > At the end of the day, to edit or not, should be determined by the
> > > authors and editors themselves, not by a blanket policy. Volunteer
> > > editors should be available to writer's who are astute enough to use
> > > them.
> >
> > That's pretty much what GNE has decided to do.
> >
> > > Btw, there is a big difference between an editor and a censor. An
> > > editor's primary responsibility is to help an author say what he
> > > wants to say more effectively.
> >
> > True. However, an ``editorial policy'' is of course much closer to
> > censorship.
> >
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