From geert at xs4all.nl  Sun Aug  7 09:43:27 2011
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:43:27 +0200
Subject: <CPOV> cpov presence in haifa?
Message-ID: <5E92A0FA-EFE0-4D5E-A136-0415C2A44180@xs4all.nl>

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/wikipedia-founder-israel-palestine-is-heavily-debated-but-we-re-vigilant-on-neutrality-1.377207

and that

and more!

http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=232715

how did haifa go?

did any of you cpov people gather?

all the best, geert



From dqamir at bezeqint.net  Mon Aug  8 06:58:37 2011
From: dqamir at bezeqint.net (Dror Kamir)
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:58:37 +0300
Subject: <CPOV> cpov presence in haifa?
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From dqamir at bezeqint.net  Tue Aug  9 09:25:59 2011
From: dqamir at bezeqint.net (Dror Kamir)
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:25:59 +0300
Subject: <CPOV> My first blogpost about Wikimania 2011
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From geert at xs4all.nl  Mon Aug 22 00:43:07 2011
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:43:07 +0200
Subject: <CPOV> image filter referendum
References: <E1QuPm0-0006XA-I8@hume.wikimedia.org>
Message-ID: <58A4523A-6B2C-4C6B-B21F-8D0C8AFF8EA6@xs4all.nl>

http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/19/1236235/Wikipedia-May-Censor-Images

"To appease 'morality' watchdogs, Wikipedia is contemplating the  
introduction of a censorship feature, where images would be flagged  
for containing sexual references, nudity, 'mass graves,' and so on. At  
least in the initial implementation, it is supposed to be 'opt-in.'  
However, with such precedents as the UK censoring artistic nudity,  
Turkey censoring references to the Armenian genocide or China's stance  
on information about the Tiananmen massacre (note that any sensitive  
photos, like the Tank Man, are already absent!), I find it quite hard  
to believe this feature won't be mandatory for some groups of readers  
? whether it's thanks to an oppressive government, an ISP or a school."

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Wikimedia Referendum, 2011" <improve at wikimedia.org>
> Date: 19 August 2011 4:10:12 PM
> To: Glovink <geert at xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Image filter referendum
>
> Dear Glovink,
>
> You are eligible to vote in the image filter referendum, a  
> referendum to gather more input into the development and usage of an  
> opt-in personal image hiding feature. This feature will allow  
> readers to voluntarily screen particular types of images strictly  
> for their own accounts.
>
> Its purpose is to enable readers to easily hide images on the  
> Wikimedia projects that they do not wish to view, either when first  
> viewing the image or ahead of time through individual preference  
> settings. The feature is intended to benefit readers by offering  
> them more choice, and to that end it will be made as user-friendly  
> and simple as possible. We will also make it as easy as possible for  
> editors to support. For its development, we have created a number of  
> guiding principles, but trade-offs will need to be made throughout  
> the development process. In order to aid the developers in making  
> those trade-offs, we need your help us assess the importance of each  
> by taking part in this referendum.
>
> For more information, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/en 
> . To remove yourself from future notifications, please add your user  
> name at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_nomail_list.
>




From nathanieltkacz at gmail.com  Tue Aug 23 04:37:04 2011
From: nathanieltkacz at gmail.com (nathaniel tkacz)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:37:04 +1000
Subject: <CPOV> image filter referendum
In-Reply-To: <58A4523A-6B2C-4C6B-B21F-8D0C8AFF8EA6@xs4all.nl>
References: <E1QuPm0-0006XA-I8@hume.wikimedia.org>
	<58A4523A-6B2C-4C6B-B21F-8D0C8AFF8EA6@xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <CAK+4Djb4yFgyg2rX6uAj8PNUFwh=JXiA0n037uNvn1G75HVhgg@mail.gmail.com>

these developments are very interesting. it seems a lot must have changed
for this to become a possibility. both johanna and i have written about
censorship in relation to religious images and in my own explorations the
"wikipedia is not censored" rhetoric was very strong, defeating those who
suggested other options - including a technical opt-out function.

the argument in favour of opt-out (or in?) censorship seems to have changed
now. the logic has moved from a "cultural sensitivity" argument (which
failed) to a market based one (i'm tempted to say neo-liberal): "The feature
is intended to benefit readers by offering them more choice".

i wonder if the irresistible logic of choice will win out.



Nate Tkacz

ARC Research Associate
Genealogies of Digital Light
The University of Melbourne
Site: http://www.digital-light.net.au/

PhD Candidate
School of Culture and Communication
The University of Melbourne

Twitter: http://twitter.com/__nate__

Research Page: http://nathanieltkacz.net



On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Geert Lovink <geert at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> http://news.slashdot.org/**story/11/08/19/1236235/**
> Wikipedia-May-Censor-Images<http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/08/19/1236235/Wikipedia-May-Censor-Images>
>
> "To appease 'morality' watchdogs, Wikipedia is contemplating the
> introduction of a censorship feature, where images would be flagged for
> containing sexual references, nudity, 'mass graves,' and so on. At least in
> the initial implementation, it is supposed to be 'opt-in.' However, with
> such precedents as the UK censoring artistic nudity, Turkey censoring
> references to the Armenian genocide or China's stance on information about
> the Tiananmen massacre (note that any sensitive photos, like the Tank Man,
> are already absent!), I find it quite hard to believe this feature won't be
> mandatory for some groups of readers ? whether it's thanks to an oppressive
> government, an ISP or a school."
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>  From: "Wikimedia Referendum, 2011" <improve at wikimedia.org>
>> Date: 19 August 2011 4:10:12 PM
>> To: Glovink <geert at xs4all.nl>
>> Subject: Image filter referendum
>>
>> Dear Glovink,
>>
>> You are eligible to vote in the image filter referendum, a referendum to
>> gather more input into the development and usage of an opt-in personal image
>> hiding feature. This feature will allow readers to voluntarily screen
>> particular types of images strictly for their own accounts.
>>
>> Its purpose is to enable readers to easily hide images on the Wikimedia
>> projects that they do not wish to view, either when first viewing the image
>> or ahead of time through individual preference settings. The feature is
>> intended to benefit readers by offering them more choice, and to that end it
>> will be made as user-friendly and simple as possible. We will also make it
>> as easy as possible for editors to support. For its development, we have
>> created a number of guiding principles, but trade-offs will need to be made
>> throughout the development process. In order to aid the developers in making
>> those trade-offs, we need your help us assess the importance of each by
>> taking part in this referendum.
>>
>> For more information, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/**
>> wiki/Image_filter_referendum/**en<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image_filter_referendum/en>.
>> To remove yourself from future notifications, please add your user name at
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Wikimedia_nomail_list<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_nomail_list>
>> .
>>
>>
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From dqamir at bezeqint.net  Wed Aug 31 19:24:43 2011
From: dqamir at bezeqint.net (Dror Kamir)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:24:43 +0300
Subject: <CPOV> Wikipedia's Editor Survey 2011
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From hfordsa at gmail.com  Wed Aug 31 19:45:09 2011
From: hfordsa at gmail.com (Heather Ford)
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:45:09 -0700
Subject: <CPOV> Wikipedia's Editor Survey 2011
In-Reply-To: <4E5E6E5B.9090204@bezeqint.net>
References: <4E5E6E5B.9090204@bezeqint.net>
Message-ID: <C0E59718-72CA-4C6F-86B6-470BD0F9A860@gmail.com>

It is, indeed, an interesting survey. 

"but 76% of all editors edit English Wikipedia. This is
quite shocking and points to the fact that our editor community
does not reach far into non-English proficient communities."

I'm surprised by the surprise ;) From my research on the Makmende story in Kenya, it was clear that even though a Swahili version was available, Kenyans (English-as-a-second-language folks) chose to edit in English WP rather than the Swahili version. English WP is where the power is and so it will the WP of choice for many - no matter what their first language is. 

Strangely, I'm doing a little experiment right now because the Language Committee has said that Sesotho Wikipedia is going to be shut down (or at least moved to the incubator) unless some people start editing. I didn't want to get all dramatic about it but then I thought: this would be interesting to at least let as many Sotho speakers as possible know what is happening so that they can make up their own minds about whether they want to keep it alive or not. So the drama here plays a role. I'm interested to find out whether anything happens...

On Aug 31, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Dror Kamir wrote:

> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Editor_Survey_2011
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Unless I didn't read it correctly, the profile of a Wikipedia editor, as documented in this survey, is rather peculiar. The interesting news - most editors are above 30, a bit older than usually assumed, and yet most of them are completely single (neither married nor have a girlfriend, and yes, of course, 91% are men), and most of them don't have children. Even though most of them are well-educated, most don't work full-time and 40% don't work at all. I don't know how to treat the results of this survey, because the profile of the "average Wikipedian" is so defined, that anything else must result from this profile, even before we deal with the environment Wikipedia itself creates.
> 
> Disclosure - I myself am a single man with no children, above 30, with an academic degree and with no permanent job; but, following Groucho Marx's philosophy, I tend to suspect clubs that are willing to accept people like me, and so many of them too...
> 
> Dror K
> 
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