Censorship at wikipedia Options

[communicat]

Censorship, according to Jimbo, is "antithetical to the philosophy of Wikipedia". But while he's preaching to the Chinese about freedom of information, he somehow manages to turn a blind eye to what's going on in his own backyard. Anyone who doubts that censorship is actually the norm in certain important wikipedia topic areas, should have a look at these off-wiki articles. And no, you won't find any links to them on wikipedia; they've been blacklisted. Here are the links:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/...hip-462070.html

http://www.serendipity.li/wot/sft_wikipedia.htm

http://www.serendipity.li/hr/bacque_on_wikipedia.htm

http://hnn.us/articles/125437.html

http://www.ahealedplanet.net/wikimass.htm

This post has been edited by communicat: Thu 4th August 2011, 10:22am

[Jagärdu]

Censorship, according to Jimbo, is "antithetical to the philosophy of Wikipedia". But while he's preaching to the Chinese about freedom of information, he somehow manages to turn a blind eye to what's going on in his own backyard. Anyone who doubts that censorship is actually the norm in certain important wikipedia topic areas, should have a look at these off-wiki articles. And no, you won't find any links to them on wikipedia; they've been blacklisted. Here are the links:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/...hip-462070.html

http://www.serendipity.li/wot/sft_wikipedia.htm

http://www.serendipity.li/hr/bacque_on_wikipedia.htm

http://hnn.us/articles/125437.html

http://www.ahealedplanet.net/wikimass.htm

What a misleading title and opening description of the topic. What some of these articles describe is a certain form of POV pushing, not "censorship." For instance big corporations editing out unflattering stuff as part of their PR operations. Yes that sucks and it shouldn't happen but is it really "censorhip"? Then you link to 911 conspiracies and fringe books. Seriously? Keeping 911 conspiracy theories out of the encyclopedia isn't something I'd bandy about to criticize them with.

[communicat]

Censorship, according to Jimbo, is "antithetical to the philosophy of Wikipedia". But while he's preaching to the Chinese about freedom of information, he somehow manages to turn a blind eye to what's going on in his own backyard. Anyone who doubts that censorship is actually the norm in certain important wikipedia topic areas, should have a look at these off-wiki articles. And no, you won't find any links to them on wikipedia; they've been blacklisted. Here are the links:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/...hip-462070.html

http://www.serendipity.li/wot/sft_wikipedia.htm

http://www.serendipity.li/hr/bacque_on_wikipedia.htm

http://hnn.us/articles/125437.html

http://www.ahealedplanet.net/wikimass.htm

What a misleading title and opening description of the topic. What some of these articles describe is a certain form of POV pushing, not "censorship." For instance big corporations editing out unflattering stuff as part of their PR operations. Yes that sucks and it shouldn't happen but is it really "censorhip"? Then you link to 911 conspiracies and fringe books. Seriously? Keeping 911 conspiracy theories out of the encyclopedia isn't something I'd bandy about to criticize them with.

Watergate started out as a "conspiracy theory", as Nixon described it. And look where that got Nixon. Same applies to Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair. And look where that got Reagan. I suppose if wikipedia was around at those times, it would have seen "fringe" theories all over the place, as it does now, and so do you.

[radek]

Same applies to Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair. And look where that got Reagan. I suppose if wikipedia was around at those times, it would have seen "fringe" theories all over the place, as it does now, and so do you.

Huh? Reagan got away with IC and two years later people elected his boy, Bush Sr. So it didn't really got him anywhere. A bit of embarrassment maybe but probably less than Clinton with Lewinsky. Yes, sometimes in the real world people get away with stuff they shouldn't get away with. Stalin died a natural death and all.