On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi, > > Commons was blocked in my college too. All it took for me to get it > unblocked was a 25 min conversation with Head of IT dept. She did the > needful to unblock Commons. Suggest talking to the college's/cyber > cafe's network administrator first to unblocking websites. > This is the best way forward, the IT admin of colleges, cafes always have the option of overriding default filter lists. Students/colleges should be encouraged to get contact the admins and get commons/wikipedia unblocked and have free unrestricted access just like the local intranet. it will encourage using wikipedia as a reference and more students to contribute. I remember i needed to pay to browse the web at my engg college. i had made a request to make wikipedia free for access, but back at the time in 2005, the admins did not take it seriously, times might have changed now. -- j.mp/ArunGanesh <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
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