Josh's Weblog: ICRA Label

ICRA Label

Today I took the trouble of labeling pages on my site for Internet Content Rating, per the ICRA. I had to self-rate my content to general a “label.”

The label I generated label declares that this web site discusses or depicts:

No nudity or sexual material
Killing of human beings—The terrorism topics and discussions of lethal force, for example
Deliberate injury to human beings—Again, the terrorism topics and lethal force topics
Violence appears in an educational context and is suitable for young children
Mild expletives—I try to avoid this but sometimes things slip through
Promotion of weapon use—I agonized over this, but I have pictures of me shooting here and I actively promote safe firearms use
Material that might disturb young children
Moderated chat suitable for children and teens—I do moderate incoming comments

So perhaps my site is a tad controversial in these terms, but I think I made an honest attempt labeling it.

Part of the fun was having their tester find all the external stuff I was linking on my site. I fixed most of that mess and I think the pages will even load more quickly because most of the images come from my site now. It is a bit goofy to load a single icon from another web site.

Josh Poulson

Posted Tuesday, Feb 8 2005 11:08 AM