[Wikipedia-l] Family filters are not NPOV

Thu Nov 14 17:40:30 UTC 2002

> Shouldn't we be encouraging and facilitating filtering?  That is,
> isn't there a model of the Wikipedia that says people can take our
> Wikipedia and make their own version?  There certainly is a
> possibility of filtering everything but popular culture, ending up
> with brilliant coverage of the Simpsons and Tolkein, say, or a science
> and technology filter, or (wait for it) a gazeteer about all the
> little towns in America.  In that context, why shouldn't people also
> filter out smut, or Christianity, or whatever?
> 
> Tom Parmenter
> Ortolan88

I think Larry's sifter idea for a gnupedia fits the bill. Come join the discussion by visiting http://www.nupedia.com/mailman/listinfo/sifter-l

Ed Poor