Wikipedia Founder Caught in 'Porn Purge' Debate

[JMcEntegart]

The past few weeks have seen some activity over at Wikipedia that has resulted in founder Jimmy Wales relinquishing his top-level admin rights on the community-created encyclopedia.


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[bennyt]

So no more porn of Wikipedia? What am I going to do now?

 

[rpmrush]

Seems just. Way to go! I like hearing about people trying to do the right thing.

 

[blazeorangeman]

wow this is ridiculous, finally somebody that is doing something about this trash and he's being punished.

 

[matt314]

Its too bad he didn't keep it up. While wiki should be open and all, it's no place for pornography. People should be allowed to write about it if they want but pictures of that nature do not belong on wiki!

 

[zoemayne]

Yes it seems just he shouldnt of given up his admin rights.

 

[house70]

had he left them there - bad
he took them off - bad again.
make up your mind, people!

 

[Guest]

Victory for Fox news?

 

[Troman]

"Porn Debate" .. *sigh* I better play 3d tanks in a browser.

 

[thesupermedium]

Wikipedia is the most useful website next to google today. Having it's reputation maintained as a purely informative website is far more important than some sidestepping admin decisions. I support his decisions, though I would caution him not to go on a spree, but more of a thought out cleansing. Still, good job and love to hear the good news.

 

[sinsear]

You know you're at a new low in life if you're going on Wikipedia to look at porn.

 

[aje21]

[citation][nom]sinsear[/nom]You know you're at a new low in life if you're going on Wikipedia to look at porn.[/citation]
Can you get that on a T-shirt?

 

[rbarone69]

Really... I mean, get your porn elsewhere. There's no need for porn on a site meant for collaborative information. I just cant believe that people are actually *AGAINST* this!?!?! Against censoring... no PROTECTING... innocent children??? I just hope that whoever is a part of this is caught and held accountable. The Internet is the 'wild west' but still you are governed by the laws of the land you live and and last I checked child pornography was something that all modern societies punish.

 

[n3ard3ath]

What about the porn purge on the entire Internet now? Oh no, nothing to see there, move along. There's no real porn problem, it's perfectly healthy for society and people. Maybe good old retro porn was, but not what I now see these days.

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Maybe no more pictures of Penis' now?

 

[Guest]

this is all about power, who is stepping on who's toes. This guy helped create Wiki, his Wiki buddy felt honestly that he HAD to blow the whistle, actually the law SAYS he must blow the whistle. These guys are the good guys. The jerks who are destroying the huge project are narrowminded idiots worrying about thier 'turf' when the room they are in is on fire. They just shot the guy putting out the fire.
Idiots.

 

[magicandy]

One thing I've always thought was dumb was the introduction of lolicon comic banning during the Bush administration in the early 2000's. In real child pornography, there is clearly a victim in the child being exploited. In lolicon comics, everything is fiction. The characters are created from nothing, so who is exploited? No one except an idea. The US government is effectively saying an idea is against the law. I personally find lolicon disturbing, but I recognize there's no one being exploited so who am I to judge its readers?

 

[kyzarvs]

While its a good thing that obviously disgusting images are removed (there's no excuse for any kind of kiddie-porn ever), where it gets more grey I would hope that the decision is comitee based rather than the whims of one man. A single person making decisions smacks of Jobs-like dictatorship and ideally should not be part of how the internet is maintained.

 

[theroguex]

Stupid Faux News. Of course they have to find a way to smear Wikipedia, since they hate it so much. Education and information - the antithesis of Conservatives everywhere (just go look at Conservapedia!).

 

[Guest]

Yeah cause ya know...2D drawn children have feelings and rights..it just makes so much sense!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolicon

i mean.. look at those poor defenseless girls being abused in that picture!!

someone should totally adopt them into their loving home right away!