Happy Brithday Wikimedia! What a great gift to celebrate!
Welcome back Turkey and here’s to another 19 years of free knowledge available in every corner of the world. RhinosF1 Volunteer On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 19:49, Rajeeb Dutta <marajoz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Amanda for sharing this wonderful news, looking forward to > collaborate and work with Turkish Community. > All my best wishes. > > Best regards, > Rajeeb. > (U:Marajozkee) > > On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 at 01:12, John Erling Blad <jeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Seems like the site is throttled or even redirected to a taerpit. > > Anyone inside Turkey that can run a trace? > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 7:21 PM Amanda Keton <ake...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > My name is Amanda Keton, the new General Counsel at the Wikimedia > > > Foundation. While Katherine is inflight traveling back from a busy week > > of > > > community meetings in Chile, I wanted to share the exciting news that > > > today, we have started to receive reports that the block of Wikipedia > in > > > Turkey is being lifted, data which is also indicated by our internal > > > traffic reports. After more than two and a half years, access to > > Wikipedia > > > has been restored in Turkey - and on a timely occasion, as we celebrate > > > Wikipedia’s 19th birthday today! > > > > > > Please join me in welcoming back our friends and colleagues from > Turkey. > > > While many have remained active during the block, restoring access to > > > Wikipedia will allow thousands more to return in the days and weeks > > ahead. > > > It is our shared responsibility and honor to help make them feel > welcome > > > again and make sure they know how much we missed them. I am confident > > that > > > our community will successfully welcome them back with open arms. I > know > > we > > > have community members around the world who have been eagerly looking > > > forward to the block being lifted and brainstorming activities to > > > celebrate, and I welcome them to share their ideas as we move forward. > > > > > > Our case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is also still > > > pending, and remains important even in light of the unblock as a way to > > > continue advocating for strong protections for free expression online. > We > > > will continue to post updates about the next steps in our case before > the > > > ECHR on the Wikimedia Foundation website. We have also published a > > > statement to reflect that access has now been restored in Turkey. [1] > > > > > > Thank you all for your efforts, kind words, and encouraging thoughts as > > we > > > worked to restore access to Wikipedia in Turkey. I want to thank our > > > Turkish community, in particular, for their patience, resolution, and > > > continued participation in the movement during the more than two and a > > half > > > years Wikipedia was inaccessible. This was a prolonged global effort, > on > > > behalf of free knowledge everywhere. > > > > > > Of course, there are other blocks around the world still in place, and > > our > > > efforts in addressing this type of censorship of knowledge is far from > > > over. That said, I hope all of you will celebrate this momentous > > > accomplishment for free knowledge today and join me in welcoming back > the > > > people of Turkey to our projects, movement, and community. > > > > > > With gratitude, > > > > > > Amanda > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2020/01/16/access-to-wikipedia-restored-in-turkey-after-more-than-two-and-a-half-years/ > > > -- > > > > > > Amanda Keton (she/her) > > > > > > General Counsel > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you > > > have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about > the > > > mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and > > ethical > > > reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, > > community > > > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. 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