While editing the Turkey section of the Government censorship of
Wikipedia page today,[1] I visited a Turkish-language source that was
cited for earlier censorship actions.[2] When running the link through
Google Translate, "Vikipedi" in the article title translated to
"Wikileaks". Yikes.
- Pax
[1]
Hey All
What are people's thoughts about a response by the movement?
Have started drafting something here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Response_to_2017_ban_in_Turkey
Would appreciate peoples though and whether or not they think this is a
good idea.
James
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 8:51 AM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> What we can and should do is produce offline versions of Wikipedia content
> and promote them both in Turkey and to the media :-)
>
> Will try to see about producing a beta version of a Turkish medical app
> today.
>
> James
>
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 4:52 AM, Anders Wennersten <
> mail(a)anderswennersten.se> wrote:
>
>> I do hope WMF taken NO action. We have learnt by similar cases, that the
>> local communities(chapters) haves best insight in how to best proceed.
>>
>> And things would evolve to be much worse if an non-turkish entity was to
>> take action
>>
>> Anders
>>
>>
>> Den 2017-04-29 kl. 12:45, skrev Rogol Domedonfors:
>>
>>> Presumably the WMF will be taking prompt, strong and effective action to
>>> protest against and reverse this decision? A case in the Constitutional
>>> Court, for example?
>>>
>>> "Rogol"
>>>
>>> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Mardetanha
<mardetanha.wiki(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> more info
>>>>
https://turkeyblocks.org/2017/04/29/wikipedia-blocked-turkey/
>>>>
>>>> Mardetanha
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
>>>> itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Basak commented on Facebook: "In the news, it says that, Wikipedia
>>>> supports
>>>>
>>>>> global terrorism. The Turkish officials has been corresponding with
>>>>> wikipedia (?) but there is no answer. The site (most probably they
>>>>> mean
>>>>> English one) includes content that supports ISIS ."
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://mobil.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-haberi-wikipediaya-
>>>>> erisim-engellendi-40441904
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - Sent from mobile
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 29, 2017 11:55, "Mardetanha"
<mardetanha.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> hopefully it would be technical mistake and will be lifted very
soon.
>>>>>> Mardetanha
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
>>>>>> itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
<itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il>
>>>>>>> Date: Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:42 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [PRESS] Turkish authorities block Wikipedia
>>>>>>> To: Communications Committee
<wmfcc-l(a)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. That's our commitment!
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/
>>>>>>> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and
https://meta.wikimedia.org/
>>>>>>> wiki/Wikimedia-l
>>>>>>> New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>>>> Unsubscribe:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>