Re: [Bug-gnupedia] A system of moderation

[Imran Ghory]

On 22 Jan 2001, at 16:58, Mike Warren wrote:

> "Imran Ghory" <address@hidden> writes:
> > On 22 Jan 2001, at 15:15, Mike Warren wrote:
> > > "Imran Ghory" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > > > I'm not suggesting voting to allow/disallow articles (except in
> > > > the case of abuse), I'm suggesting that the basic categorization
> > > > be done by voting(i.e if the article contains information which
> > > > somepeople may debate as factually incorrect).
> 
> > > Isn't this a job for classifiers? These should be separate from
> > > the actual database of articles (i.e. the actual article database
> > > should have no classification information).
> 
> > No I think not, as it would be information which could be used by
> > virtually every front end and it doesn't "take away" from the
> > article so it isn't imposing censorship.
> 
> My concern is not censorship, but with cluttering the article database
> with useless information.

It wouldn't be useless as it could be used by those using the 
encyclopedia unfiltered to see if the topic is an area of controversy.

Imran Ghory