It is absolutely important to be clear that Wikipedia is impartial, or at least substantially so. This impartiality may be a threat to some, but it could be counter-productive to make statements which are not carefully thought through. Those who support repressive regimes can easily be pushed into an absolutist mindset.
On 29 Apr 2017 18:42, "Ivan Martínez" <gala...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 to Ting's idea about a statement > > Also we can support from our corner sending tweets and e-mails to our local > embassies. Our friends from Turkey or someone who speaks turkish can > support us with a hasthag? I posted #WikipediaSansürlendi but maybe is > incorrect. > > Best, > > 2017-04-29 12:16 GMT-05:00 Ting Chen <wing.phil...@gmx.de>: > > > I think the Foundation and the chapters *must* make a statement that > > decisively contradicts the reason of the block: That Wikipedia supports > > terrorism. There could be further texts in the statement which stresses > our > > principle of neutrality and our goal to spread knowledge, but the first > and > > most important statement is to contradict the accusation. > > > > Ah some times I miss Jay, he would immediately recognize how important it > > is to make such a statement. When national newspapers and broadcasts are > > referring (I just heard the one in Deutschland Funk > > http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/dlf24-startseite.1441.de.html ) this > event, > > there should be not only the accusation but always also a reaction. > > > > Greetings > > > > Ting > > > > > > > > Am 29.04.2017 um 10:43 schrieb Itzik - Wikimedia Israel: > > > >> Hey, > >> > >> FYI - sad news from Turkish. > >> > >> > >> > >> *Regards,Itzik Edri* > >> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > >> +972-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > >> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > >> > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <it...@wikimedia.org.il> > >> Date: Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:42 AM > >> Subject: [PRESS] Turkish authorities block Wikipedia > >> To: Communications Committee <wmfc...@lists.wikimedia.org> > >> > >> > >> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39754909 > >> > >> Reuters just published that a 15 minutes ago, so it will be soon all > over > >> the news. > >> > >> > >> --- > >> > >> *Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online > >> encyclopaedia Wikipedia, one of the world's most popular websites.* > >> > >> It was not initially clear why the ban had been imposed. > >> The Turkey Blocks group said the site was inaccessible from 08:00 (05:00 > >> GMT) by order of the Turkish authorities. > >> People in the capital Istanbul were unable to access any Wikipedia pages > >> without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). > >> "After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law Nr. > >> 5651, an administrative measure has been taken for this website," > Turkey's > >> Information and Communication Technologies Authority was quoted as > saying. > >> No reason was given. > >> Turkey Blocks and Turkish media, including the Hurriyet Daily News, said > >> the provisional order would need to be backed by a full court ruling in > >> the > >> next few days. > >> > >> Social media was in uproar as news of the ban emerged, with some users > >> speculating that it might be a bid to suppress criticism on President > >> Recep > >> Tayyip Erdogan's Wikipedia page. > >> Mr Erdogan narrowly won a controversial 16 April referendum on > increasing > >> his powers, but the issue has deeply divided the country. > >> Turkey has temporarily blocked popular social media sites including > >> Facebook and Twitter in the past, especially in the wake of mass > protests > >> or terror attacks. > >> The government has previously denied censoring the internet, blaming > >> outages on spikes in usage after major events. > >> > >> > >> > >> *Regards,Itzik Edri* > >> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > >> +972-54-5878078 <+972%2054-587-8078> | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > >> sum of all knowledge. 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