Hello, 2012/10/16 Kul Wadhwa <kwad...@wikimedia.org>: > The goal in working with Intigral/STC is to remove barriers so more people > in the world can have access to free knowledge, and in this specific case > it's in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. There isn't a "deal" here that > involves content management, revenue (no money exchanges hands), or > anything that affects the normal way we support the projects. You can find > more info on our Q&A here: > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mobile_partnerships#STC > > If we did not launch Wikipedia Zero in Saudi Arabia then that would mean > that people in the region would still have to pay to access Wikipedia > through their mobile phones. And that financial cost, which may be nominal > or tolerable for some of us, it's very prohibitive to many more people. As > other mobile operators such as Orange and Telenor have done, Intigral/STC > graciously offered to eliminate that cost to eliminate the cost barrier. > It's limited to that. The Wikimedia Foundation has not, and will not, > censor or block any content whatsoever as part of its partnership with > Intigral/STC. > > -- > Kul Wadhwa > Head of Mobile > Wikimedia Foundation
Thanks Kul for your message. The suspiction came also because of a mention of "improving content in the Arabic Wikipedia." I understand now that it is separate issue. Regards, Yann _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l