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HRIP7
post Fri 9th March 2012, 3:31am
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Are Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons appropriate for K-8 students to use? stepcarefully.gif
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QUOTE(HRIP7 @ Fri 9th March 2012, 3:31am) *

Obviously not completely, but then again, neither is the Internet in general.

Now I think they have selective Internet filters that allow parents or schools to block certain pages (such as Wikipedia's pornography article) but just like any filter for any purpose, kids are smart enough to get around them if they're really horny.
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post Fri 9th March 2012, 1:46pm
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QUOTE(melloden @ Fri 9th March 2012, 5:32am) *

QUOTE(HRIP7 @ Fri 9th March 2012, 3:31am) *

Obviously not completely, but then again, neither is the Internet in general.

Now I think they have selective Internet filters that allow parents or schools to block certain pages (such as Wikipedia's pornography article) but just like any filter for any purpose, kids are smart enough to get around them if they're really horny.


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Mark Janssen, Dreamer-Pragmatist.
2 votes by Michael Fine and Brandon Harris
While I appreciate the concern over children, I have to wonder is the world appropriate for kids? I mean, the world is 99% an "adult"-centered place. A child has more danger being hit and killed by a car crossing the street than being damaged by an image or article in Wikipedia.


....Wikipedia, where convicted child molesters can anonymously "educate" children....

By the way, Sue Gardner has been made aware of all of this. I wonder if she's going to make some sort of statement?
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post Fri 9th March 2012, 2:33pm
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Some very good answers posted so far. I don't think anyone from the WMF will try to give an answer, because they have no case.
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QUOTE(Cla68 @ Fri 9th March 2012, 2:33pm) *

Some very good answers posted so far. I don't think anyone from the WMF will try to give an answer, because they have no case.

Sure they responded. Brandon Harris, who is WMF employee, and two other poster kids of Wikipedia voted for this comment:
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Mark Janssen, Dreamer-Pragmatist.
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While I appreciate the concern over children, I have to wonder is the world appropriate for kids? I mean, the world is 99% an "adult"-centered place. A child has more danger being hit and killed by a car crossing the street than being damaged by an image or article in Wikipedia.

Education is probably better than censorship, unless a opt-in filter is trivial enough to install. Otherwise the danger is that you create an "insulated garden" of a society that gives an incomplete (at best) or numb view of the world.Suggest Edits


BTW this comment is quite stupid. Nobody is arguing that a kid could get hit by a car in a big city, but what it has to do with exposing children to pornography at the site that should provide education. confused.gif

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HRIP7   Quora   Fri 9th March 2012, 3:31am
thekohser   Obviously not completely, but then again, neither...   Fri 9th March 2012, 1:34pm
mbz1   Some very good answers posted so far. I don...   Fri 9th March 2012, 3:06pm
lilburne   By the way, Sue Gardner has been made aware of...   Fri 9th March 2012, 3:26pm
Detective   Are there any K-9 users of Wikipedia? If so, do t...   Fri 9th March 2012, 1:33pm
Rhindle   These Defenders of the Porn are just as bad as the...   Fri 9th March 2012, 3:23pm
TungstenCarbide   These Defenders of the Porn are just as bad as the...   Fri 9th March 2012, 3:34pm
Peter Damian   BTW this comment is quite stupid. Nobody is arg...   Fri 9th March 2012, 3:40pm
Peter Damian   Oh I see Richard Symonds, WMUK office manager has ...   Fri 9th March 2012, 3:49pm
jsalsman   I'm interested in knowing what the evidence is...   Fri 9th March 2012, 6:35pm
mbz1   I'm interested in knowing what the evidence i...   Fri 9th March 2012, 6:52pm
the fieryangel   I'm interested in knowing what the evidence i...   Fri 9th March 2012, 9:06pm
thekohser   I'm interested in knowing what the evidence i...   Fri 9th March 2012, 10:35pm
EricBarbour   I posted some comments on Quora, although frankly ...   Fri 9th March 2012, 10:35pm
jsalsman   Mr. Salsman, are you a pedophile? No. Nor have I e...   Sat 10th March 2012, 1:00am
EricBarbour   Does anyone else have any sources which counter t...   Sat 10th March 2012, 1:37am
Larry Sanger   Clearly, there's a heavy burden on the part of...   Sat 10th March 2012, 2:05am
Cla68   The WMF is in a bind here. This issue has the pot...   Sat 10th March 2012, 2:16am
mbz1   The WMF is in a bind here. This issue has the po...   Sat 10th March 2012, 3:04am
jsalsman   Clearly, there's a heavy burden on the part o...   Sat 10th March 2012, 3:25am
HRIP7   Is there an alternative hypothesis explaining the...   Sat 10th March 2012, 4:08am
jsalsman   did you know that the Czech study you quote noted ...   Sat 10th March 2012, 11:51am
lilburne   Is there an alternative hypothesis explaining the...   Sat 10th March 2012, 8:05am
HRIP7   The idea that kids looking for porn on the intern...   Sat 10th March 2012, 8:33am
lilburne   Someone is looking for it on Commons. And it...   Sat 10th March 2012, 9:19am
Peter Damian   The idea that kids looking for porn on the intern...   Sat 10th March 2012, 9:28am
jsalsman   The point is that, just as we might want to exclud...   Sat 10th March 2012, 11:24am
the fieryangel   But instead we end up with these ridiculous effor...   Sat 10th March 2012, 12:09pm
Cla68   Boycott the WMF   Sat 10th March 2012, 1:56pm
carbuncle   [url=http://boycott-wikipedia.blogspot.com/]Boyco...   Sat 10th March 2012, 5:26pm
the fieryangel   [url=http://boycott-wikipedia.blogspot.com/]Boyc...   Sat 10th March 2012, 10:16pm
tarantino   [quote name='Cla68' post='301489' date='Sat 10th ...   Sun 11th March 2012, 1:04am
Mister Die   That is just a useless waste of effort, because th...   Sun 11th March 2012, 1:22am
dogbiscuit   That is just a useless waste of effort, because t...   Sun 11th March 2012, 1:25am
EricBarbour   Last time I checked encyclopedias have articles o...   Sun 11th March 2012, 1:55am
thekohser   Is there an alternative hypothesis explaining .....   Sun 11th March 2012, 6:02am
jsalsman   the population of Hispanics in the United States h...   Sun 11th March 2012, 6:57am
Peter Damian   Clearly, there's a heavy burden on the part o...   Sat 10th March 2012, 8:57am
EricBarbour   Before you perform knee surgery on others, make su...   Sat 10th March 2012, 3:29am
EricBarbour   Would anyone like to try and claim that Wikipedia ...   Sun 11th March 2012, 2:09am
Mister Die   Those inclined towards men are too busy photograph...   Sun 11th March 2012, 2:42am
Zoloft   • As the Baby Boomers age, the visible populatio...   Sun 11th March 2012, 7:56am
HRIP7   Another Quora question: Is Wikipedia in general i...   Wed 14th March 2012, 6:20am
Fusion   Another Quora question: Is Wikipedia in general ...   Wed 14th March 2012, 12:18pm


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