Thanks. It was surprising the info wasn't in these articles already. 
Do we know what the current status of Wikipedia is in Saudi Arabia? Blocked or 
accessible?
There also seems to be some confusion about whether or not Wikipedia is blocked 
in China:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China#Wikipedia
(This states that some Chinese ISPs remove *all* images from Wikimedia pages, 
which would be of interest in the context of the present discussion. However, 
the information is not in the cited source, a Wall Street Journal article.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_of_Wikipedia_by_the_People's_Republic_of_China
(This states that Wikipedia remains unblocked, except for a few sensitive 
pages.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/08/29/wikipedias-jimmy-wales-sp_n_941239.html
(This states that Wikipedia remains blocked in China, but hyperlinks to the 
above List article, which in fact states something different.)
Andreas


--- On Fri, 23/9/11, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote:

From: John Vandenberg <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Possible solution for image filter
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, 23 September, 2011, 11:53

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> I believe Saudi Arabia has sporadically blocked access to Wikipedia, and 
> blocks access to porn sites at the Internet service provider level:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Saudi_Arabia
> http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2006/07/27/wikipedia-blocked-in-saudi-arabia/

Thank you.  Added to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Saudi_Arabia

-- 
John Vandenberg

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