Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

On Tue, 2017-05-02 at 09:00 -0700, Jonathan Morgan wrote: > And now, this: > https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/2-chinese-writers-wil > l-create-their-own-wikipedia-competitor/ I don't see much relation to the topic. There have been already issues connecting to Wikipedia in China,

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

On 2 May 2017 at 18:18, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > I think that's the first time I've heard Wikipedia described as bewitching. > I'll take it as a compliment. > FWIW, I have a hard time parsing this as bad news. Someone hiring 20,000 > professional writers to create a freely

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Jonathan Morgan wrote: > And now, this: > https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/2-chinese- > writers-will-create-their-own-wikipedia-competitor/ > > ​IIRC, China has been announcing such an initiative in various forms almost

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

I think that's the first time I've heard Wikipedia described as bewitching. I'll take it as a compliment. FWIW, I have a hard time parsing this as bad news. Someone hiring 20,000 professional writers to create a freely accessible (though not distributable) encyclopedia is probably a net

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

n: Wikimedia developers Betreff: Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban And now, this: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/2-chinese-writers-will-create-their-own-wikipedia-competitor/ On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 1:39 AM, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Iranian government by b

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

And now, this: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/2-chinese-writers-will-create-their-own-wikipedia-competitor/ On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 1:39 AM, Amir Ladsgroup wrote: > The Iranian government by blocking several major websites (youtube, > facebook, twitter)

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

The Iranian government by blocking several major websites (youtube, facebook, twitter) actually made people aware of anonymizers and people were able to use a wide range of them. Most popular ones that people in Turkey can use is: 1- Psiphon (a little bit slow, has an android app) 2- Hotspot

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

When I was in Iran, I could reach all the blocked sites (such as Facebook) with Psiphon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiphon And so do the local people. Citizens of dictatorships are very efficient in using client-side solutions. ___ Wikitech-l mailing

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

h-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] Im > > Auftrag von Denny Vrandecic > > Gesendet: Samstag, 29. April 2017 21:16 > > An: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > > Betreff: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban > > > > Does it also affect the app? > > > >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

kimedia.org] Im > Auftrag von Denny Vrandecic > Gesendet: Samstag, 29. April 2017 21:16 > An: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Betreff: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban > > Does it also affect the app? > > If so, why, and can we circumvent that? >

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

...@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Denny Vrandecic Gesendet: Samstag, 29. April 2017 21:16 An: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Betreff: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban Does it also affect the app? If so, why, and can we circ

Re: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

Unfortunately, it does. According to news, the reason of the block is some defamatory content about Turkey but it is not exactly known yet. ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikitech-l] Turkey ban

Does it also affect the app? If so, why, and can we circumvent that? ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l