Richard I am not sure I am clear on what you mean. We are not impartial to everything. We oppose censorship and we oppose suppression of freedom of information. I think it is also perfectly fine to state that we as a movement oppose terrorism.
Made a few more adjustments to this statement on meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Response_to_2017_ban_in_Turkey James On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Richard Farmbrough < rich...@farmbrough.co.uk> wrote: > 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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