return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMAGA Puts Wikipedia in Its Crosshairsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square163linkfedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down17
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minus-squarehumanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.sulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 months agoYeah, no. It’s still censorship even if the person in question wants it to be censored. People shouldn’t get to dictate whether or not wikipedia articles are made of them.
minus-squareCommunistlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIf I made a wikipedia page showing your social security and banking information would your stance hold true?
minus-squarehumanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.sulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoWikipedia already doesn’t allow that, so your question is pointless.
minus-squareCommunistlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agofor the same reason they don’t give resources to blatant harassment campaigns. both are against the rules and both are censorship for nearly identical reasons
minus-squarehumanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.sulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoYou’re moving goalposts, but ok.
minus-squareCommunistlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoMy point was that censorship is valid when it is to prevent harming individuals/fraud/bullying my goalpost did not move at all. you are being a hypocrite by saying it was okay not to have that on wikipedia because it was already banned you should oppose that ban on the basis of censorship, no?
minus-squarehumanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.sulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoGonna block you now. Some people just love to argue no matter what, lol.
Yeah, no.
It’s still censorship even if the person in question wants it to be censored.
People shouldn’t get to dictate whether or not wikipedia articles are made of them.
If I made a wikipedia page showing your social security and banking information would your stance hold true?
Wikipedia already doesn’t allow that, so your question is pointless.
for the same reason they don’t give resources to blatant harassment campaigns.
both are against the rules and both are censorship for nearly identical reasons
You’re moving goalposts, but ok.
My point was that censorship is valid when it is to prevent harming individuals/fraud/bullying
my goalpost did not move at all.
you are being a hypocrite by saying it was okay not to have that on wikipedia because it was already banned
you should oppose that ban on the basis of censorship, no?
Gonna block you now.
Some people just love to argue no matter what, lol.