"Daniel R. Tobias" <dan(a)tobias.name> wrote in
message news:43810980.1469.B786808@dan.tobias.name...
On 20 Nov 2005 at 22:11, ABCD
<en.abcd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> ... Wikimedia has emerged from the
Wikipedia, the freely-available,
> editable, open and collaborative online encyclopaedia set up by
> Jimmy Wales. ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4450052.stm>
But just what did Jimmy mean by this statement:
"We are not talking about dissidents and being critical of the
Chinese government," he said, stressing that Wikipedia was about
having the tools to promote your culture.
Is Wikipedia (the Chinese version) censoring out any dissident or
government-critical views in the hopes of getting unblocked by the
Chinese (mainland) government?
My impression of what he was meaning (and I suspect that quote is much
cut-down from his original wording) was that in blocking the Chinese
Wikipedia, the information being suppressed is not just that stuff, which
you wouldn't really be surprised about the Chinese Government wanting to
keep quiet, but also the **other** stuff about general topics.
The block means that people in China cannot see Wikipedia **at all**.
They're not simply prevented from accessing articles which might (or might
not) be critical about their Government, they can't see even articles about
everyday life, utterly non-controversial and often important.
HTH HAND
--
Phil
[[en:User:Phil Boswell]]