On 26/12/2011, Arun Ganesh <
arun.planemad@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Pradeep Mohandas <
>
pradeep.mohandas@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.
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