Hey, sorry for this mail, but ionteresting thing: Only http versions get blocked by SonicWall and BlueCoat. https is not blocked and my friend says it cannot be blocked. --~~~~
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 3:03 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pradeep, Arun, I tried. > Didn't work with my lab. > Lab admin refusing. > As for cyber cafes, I've managed to unblock it. > : ) > > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Pradeep Mohandas < > pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Also, this also gives a Wikimedian a needed excuse to talk about >> Wikipedia - a leg in the door, if you will. The Head of IT's interest >> did get piqued by being told about Commons but I'm not sure if she >> explored it much more. It was a situation that I could have positively >> exploited but I was just happy to get the restriction removed. >> >> Pradeep >> Handheld >> >> On 26/12/2011, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > 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> >> > >> >> >> -- >> Pradeep Mohandas >> How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Srikanth Ramakrishnan. > Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 13th. > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore > Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG > > -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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