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Re:Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge by hga on Sunday May 16, 2010 @01:08PM (#1352309)
To the extent Fox New coverage of this has been driving any of it it's an important source. That's been reported and I think their contacting sponsors is a matter of record.

The article also seems to be accurate and exhaustive, maybe even fair and balanced ^_^.

Re:Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge by jarek on Sunday May 16, 2010 @01:17PM (#1352334)
To say that "[t]hose images have been the subject of heated discussion within the community since their existence was revealed exclusively by FoxNews.com on April 27" is disingenuous considering Larry Sanger has been ringing this bell for quite a while now.

To say "... the images, which legal analysts say may violate pornography and obscenity laws" is border-line FUDish. Even something like "there is no agreement among legal analysts whether or not some of the images violate pornography and obscenity laws" would be better. It would be nice if they would get some experts to go on record and explain their reasoning, but I'm truly not expecting that much.

To say "images ... that could be considered child pornography" is a smear. If they want to call it CP, or get an expert to go on record as calling it CP, go for it -- but don't hide behind the "could" while invoking a moral panic.

Re:Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge by hugh3 on Sunday May 16, 2010 @02:33PM (#1352502)
They undoubtedly violate the child pornography laws in some jurisdictions and are perfectly legal in some others. The US may be one of the borderline cases.
Re:Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge by ErrantX on Sunday May 16, 2010 @07:20PM (#1353035)
> They undoubtedly violate the child pornography laws in some jurisdictions

Not in any particularly relevant to this situation.

Re:Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge by Zak on Sunday May 16, 2010 @02:31PM (#1352493)
I see no problems with the article. What I do find problematic is Fox contacting Wikimedia sponsors "for comment". It seems to me that they were actually trying to apply pressure, which is not at all proper behavior for a news organization.
Re:Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge by jbooth on Sunday May 16, 2010 @03:51PM (#1352655)
Accurate and exhaustive?

I suppose you could apply those words in this context but the article sets off my BS detector in a huge way, reminds me of my old hometown paper when their editor was insulted at some dinner the previous week.

EXCLUSIVE: Shakeup at Wikipedia in Wake of Porn Purge

... oh wait it turns out that the huge shakeup was some privelege change that was done a long time ago, and some extremely mild quotes from a "source"

Then we have these gems: Those images have been the subject of heated discussion within the community since their existence was revealed exclusively by FoxNews.com on April 27.

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On May 7, FoxNews.com reported exclusively that Wales had personally deleted many of the images from Wikimedia's servers

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The debate heated up when FoxNews.com began contacting high profile corporations and foundations that have donated to the Wikimedia Foundation for comment — including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Best Buy, USA Networks, Craigslist, Ford Foundation and Open Society Institute.

What the fuck is Fox News' problem with Wikipedia?