Putting Trigger Warnings on Wikipedia

green.tea

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Reply 1

green.tea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)

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What a stupid idea

Original post by nyan~

What a stupid idea

Wikipedia should be a safe space.

Reply 4

Drunk Punx

Don't be ****ing ridiculous. Next thing you know there'll be trigger warnings everywhere you look because god forbid someone takes responsibility for what they're looking at.

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Reply 5

nyan~

Original post by green.tea

Wikipedia should be a safe space.

Well, you've convinced me!!

Reply 6

Good bloke

Surely it would be more appropriate to have a Trigger warning for "Only Fools and Horses"?

Reply 7

green.tea

Original post by Drunk Punx

Don't be ****ing ridiculous. Next thing you know they'll be trigger warnings everywhere you look because god forbid someone take responsibility for what they're looking at.

It's the logical next step from having them in lectures and course materials. People actually need to use Wikipedia for their studies.

Reply 8

AngryJellyfish

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Original post by Good bloke

Surely it would be more appropriate to have a Trigger warning for "Only Fools and Horses"?

Terrible.

Reply 9

Retired_Messiah

Original post by Drunk Punx

Don't be ****ing ridiculous. Next thing you know they'll be trigger warnings everywhere you look because god forbid someone take responsibility for what they're looking at.

This. Trigger warnings are a waste of time on the internet, people choose what they're looking at.

Reply 10

Ezisola

Original post by green.tea

Wikipedia should be a safe space.

Why should it? Says who? If you're likely to get triggered by looking at an encyclopaedia.. perhaps the internet isn't for you.

Reply 11

Drunk Punx

Original post by Retired_Messiah

This. Trigger warnings are a waste of time on the internet, people choose what they're looking at.

I didn't realise the typo until you quoted me :teehee:

I put "they'll" instead of "there'll" more often than I care to admit. I'm surprised no-one's gone :fuhrer: on my ass for it.

Reply 12

Retired_Messiah

Original post by Drunk Punx

I didn't realise the typo until you quoted me :teehee:

I put "they'll" instead of "there'll" more often than I care to admit. I'm surprised no-one's gone :fuhrer:

on my ass for it.

I didn't even notice :s-smilie:

Reply 13

Drunk Punx

Original post by Retired_Messiah

I didn't even notice :s-smilie:

Most don't :awesome:

I tend not to check what I've written when I enter keyboard warrior mode.

Reply 14

DiddyDec01

Original post by green.tea

It's the logical next step from having them in lectures and course materials. People actually need to use Wikipedia for their studies.

No. It is a stupid idea.

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Reply 15

xMr_BrightSide

Ridiculous. Then again, I find the whole idea of 'trigger warnings' absurd anyway.

Go back to tumblr

Original post by Ezisola

Why should it? Says who? If you're likely to get triggered by looking at an encyclopaedia.. perhaps the internet isn't for you.

People need the internet for their studies tho. Wikipedia must be brought into line with academia and made safe with trigger warnings.

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>_>

Wikipedia's view of trigger warnings:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_trigger#Trigger_warning

The efficacy of 'trigger warnings' has not been methodically addressed by scientific study, however in an interview about Trigger Warnings for the Daily Telegraph[11] Professor Metin Basoglu, a psychologist internationally recognised for his trauma research[11] said that "The media should actually – quite the contrary… Instead of encouraging a culture of avoidance, they should be encouraging exposure.