...This is not the first time Wikipedia has been under the microscope with regard to entries, nor will it be the last. From my personal experience, and in conversations with my friend Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, that organization can be about as hard to crack as Fort Knox as far as entries are concerned. My last discourse with Wales over entries there dealt with what one would think was a simple matter of “inappropriate content”, namely pornographic entries and links to Wikipedia.

Knowing Wales well these last few years, I fully expected something would be done about entries which clearly represented potentially damaging content for young children especially, but things were not that simple...

Surprisingly, we don't have the WWJD answer to the Rorschach conundrum yet.

If there’s one thing I hope people take from this sort of issue, it’s that there really is a “Wikipedia perspective” on almost any controversial subject. As you’ve recognized, that perspective is extremely insular and values “civility” – which translates to “avoidance of all negative reactions to, or personal criticism of, established Wikipedians” – above almost anything else, including morality, accuracy, and fairness. Meanwhile, Jimbo & Co. realized a long time ago that drama and controversy are just another recruitment strategy. Jimbo in particular won’t step in to try and quell it unless his personal interests are threatened.

The row erupted when hospital doctor James Heilman from Saskatchewan posted all ten inkblot plates on Wikipedia alongside the most common responses given to each.

Heilman uploaded the images after becoming frustrated by a debate on the website as to whether a single Rorschach inkblot plate should be taken down. "I just wanted to raise the bar," he said.

The move brought immediate condemnation from psychologists who signed on to complain that making the tests public renders them useless.

"Making images available on the internet will make it obsolete and we will have lost a helpful tool," said one.

Psychologists familiar with the Rorschach test say it is most valuable when patients describe the first thing that comes into their head on seeing the inkblots. Publishing the images and common reactions on the internet means patients are more likely to be familiar with the test and give considered, less helpful answers.