2009/11/18 private musings <thepmacco...@gmail.com>: > Ray, > > you seem to me to be essentially discussing the 'users' perspective on > wikipedia - whilst it's my view that the foundation, and the projects could > (and should) do more to allow things like descriptive image filtering for > users (I think it would drive participation in places like schools, and > librairies) I'm also interested in discussing the perspective of > 'participant' in the project.
Given how disruptive "think of the children" can be mere interest is not a valid reason for getting involved with this area. > I think there are important duty of care issues for whomever is responsible > for children's involvement in projects like wikipedia, That would be their parents. >and I don't believe > the foundation, and projects, should simply pass the buck of responsibility > upstream to the parent. What you believe isn't relevant. The responsibility is with the parents not us. >Encyclopedia's are rightly exciting and interesting > to children, and I think it's just reality that large numbers of > participants are minors (wiki's fun, right! :-) - we really should at least > talk about whether or not these participants are protected / treated / > advised appropriately. Per current US law yes. If the law changes we can reconsider our activities. > for example, it would be my advice to a minor that it's inappropriate for > them to join this (not safe for work discussion) about whether or not to > include 'hardcore photos' in the oral sex article ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Oral_sex#Hardcore_photos ) Please provide a list of your qualifications to provide such advice. > > There are important ethical issues here (maybe legal ones too, I don't know) > - I've tried to reach out to Volunteering Australia ( > http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/html/s01_home/home.asp ) who I hope may > be able to offer some advice about good practice in working with volunteer > kids etc. Wikipedia does not answer to Australian law. Please provide a transcript of what you have said. >but I think this might be able to go much further much quicker on > a foundation level. > > I'd like to see some concrete progress (a report, some ideas, anything > really!) related to ensuring appropriate and adequate measures are in place > to protect child participants in foundation projects. They are. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
