Wikipedia: Not for kids

[Martinus]

So I was downloading a Wikipanion application for iPhone and got a message "The product contains material that may be objectionable for children under 17".

[ulmont]

So I was downloading a Wikipanion application for iPhone and got a message "The product contains material that may be objectionable for children under 17".

?  There are some fairly explicit photographs through various parts of Wikipedia.

[Martinus]

It's a bit bizarre, though. I mean, wikipedia is ultimately a search engine for uniformly written information pieces. By the same token they could make an access to an online search engine 'objectionable for kids'.

[ulmont]

It's a bit bizarre, though. I mean, wikipedia is ultimately a search engine for uniformly written information pieces. By the same token they could make an access to an online search engine 'objectionable for kids'.

The search engines aren't hosting the content themselves, so there are some differences.

[Brazen]

You might as well have the same warning on every internet connection or mobile phone or even camera. They can all have objectionable content if you choose to.

On the other hand, the Daily Mail SHOULD have ojectionable content stamped in giant red letters on the cover.

[Richard Hakluyt]

The comments at the bottom of the Daily Mail stories are particularly dispiriting; if it really does reflect middle England then we are a mean-spirited country 

[Barrister]

It's a bit bizarre, though. I mean, wikipedia is ultimately a search engine for uniformly written information pieces. By the same token they could make an access to an online search engine 'objectionable for kids'.

You'll find that any app that accesses the internet will have that warning.

[derspiess]

Wonder if Marty is aware of the controversy over the South Park app that was pulled

Anywho, there are some things on Wikipedia I definitely wouldn't want my kid to access.

[Ed Anger]

The comments at the bottom of the Daily Mail stories are particularly dispiriting; if it really does reflect middle England then we are a mean-spirited country 

I love reading the comments sections on the daily mail stories. 

[Jaron]

Hmm..

ulmonts lawyerin' skills  > Martinus   ?  ?

[Richard Hakluyt]

The comments at the bottom of the Daily Mail stories are particularly dispiriting; if it really does reflect middle England then we are a mean-spirited country 

I love reading the comments sections on the daily mail stories. 

Yeah, it is a very entertaining read. But, since I live in the UK, I get the "I'm living in the same country as these fuckers" hangover an hour or two later; which you presumably don't 

[Tamas]

It's a bit bizarre, though. I mean, wikipedia is ultimately a search engine for uniformly written information pieces. By the same token they could make an access to an online search engine 'objectionable for kids'.

The search engines aren't hosting the content themselves, so there are some differences.

That also goes to the mounting number of evidences of Marty not being a lawyer.

[Eddie Teach]

Martinus?

[Brazen]

The comments at the bottom of the Daily Mail stories are particularly dispiriting; if it really does reflect middle England then we are a mean-spirited country 

I love reading the comments sections on the daily mail stories. 

I like to think they're actually written my middle-class left-wing intellectuals just trolling. It's the only way I can maintain hope for society.

And to think it's the only paper I've sold a story to

[Martinus]

Hmm..

ulmonts lawyerin' skills  > Martinus   ?  ?

What does it have to do with lawyering skills? I just find this retarded and if this is extended to any application that can access the internet, as BB claims, then it is retarded as well. I am not making a legal argument - I am pretty aware that Americans are perfectly capable of having totally cretinous laws - I am making an argument about common sense.