I'm not saying that we shouldn't be doing anything, but from what I understand, Wikipedians in China are doing all they can to have the block lifted, and they're probably far more influential than any of us here in Australia.
<br><br>As for the Chinese Wikipedia itself, well there's not a lot you can do unless you can read Chinese >.< I agree that it's a deplorable situation, but as a matter of practicality, we may just have to wait for it to play out.
<br><br>Enoch<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 18/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Shane</b> <<a href="mailto:sfacets@gmail.com">sfacets@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
China briefly unblocked access for it's citizens to Wikipedia. The<br>block now seems to be re-instated.<br><br>Does anyone know any more about this? Also I have heard that the<br>Chinese Wikipedia is heavily patrolled by government officials who
<br>quash all attempts at writing anything that could be seen as adverse<br>to the country's image. If this is the case, maybe we should be<br>(trying) to do something about it?<br><br>S<br>_______________________________________________
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