2008/12/8 Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/12/8 Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I understand the intent in helping ISPs to limit collateral damage, and it >> certainly would be handy to have the problem resolved for the UK editors >> effected... >> >> But in the midst of the news cycle, and with a bit of a PR backlash in >> progress, I'm not sure you want to get into "Wikipedia administrators, >> developers, work with ISPs to block access to images." It can wait a day or >> two, I think, to see if the IWF or the involved ISPs take action on their >> own. > > Indeed - give it a couple of days and the public pressure might be > enough to force a U-turn. The media seems to be largely on our side > for a change, which is nice. Perhaps they are finally coming to see up > as one of their own and are seeing this as the authorities censoring > the media?
Doubtful. More likely that since IWF were out of the office over the weekend they haven't been able to present their side of the story. It's equally possible that the IWF is unsure if it should have blocked the image in question. -- geni _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
