Surely it should be possible to have a more resilient access to Wikipedia content in the app than most vanilla browsers provide?
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017, 13:40 Florian Schmidt < [email protected]> wrote: > Because the app uses the same base URL for the requests to Wikipedia as > other access methods (e.g. internet browsers), a block a Wikipedia would > apply to the App, too. Sorry, but there's no way to work around this, if a > block is implemented to block all requests to a specific domain. One > workaround on the client side would be to use a VPN, so that the request > will be made from another origin and the answer forwarded to your > phone/computer. However, I'm not sure, if this is allowed in any way. > > Best, > Florian > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Wikitech-l [mailto:[email protected]] Im > Auftrag von Denny Vrandecic > Gesendet: Samstag, 29. April 2017 21:16 > An: Wikimedia developers <[email protected]> > Betreff: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban > > Does it also affect the app? > > If so, why, and can we circumvent that? > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
