Hi,
Is Wikipedia Zero only for reading, or for editing, too?
I noticed this Twitter conversation today: https://twitter.com/thornet/status/594837690778034176
It says that it's only for reading.
If it's true, is there a reason for this?
I don't know about images and videos, but I imagine that the costs for editing traffic would be negligible to the carriers and it will create a lot of, um, good karma for everybody.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
CCing Dan.
On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Hi,
Is Wikipedia Zero only for reading, or for editing, too?
I noticed this Twitter conversation today: https://twitter.com/thornet/status/594837690778034176
It says that it's only for reading.
If it's true, is there a reason for this?
I don't know about images and videos, but I imagine that the costs for editing traffic would be negligible to the carriers and it will create a lot of, um, good karma for everybody.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
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Before Dan replies more fully:
Editing is possible, but since it requires HTTPS connection, it will not be free for telco partners who use URL-based whitelisting instead of IP-based. In those cases, we attempt to warn users of the possible charges.
On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Yuri Astrakhan yastrakhan@wikimedia.org wrote:
CCing Dan.
On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Hi,
Is Wikipedia Zero only for reading, or for editing, too?
I noticed this Twitter conversation today: https://twitter.com/thornet/status/594837690778034176
It says that it's only for reading.
If it's true, is there a reason for this?
I don't know about images and videos, but I imagine that the costs for editing traffic would be negligible to the carriers and it will create a lot of, um, good karma for everybody.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
I would be surprised (and perplexed) if this is the case. At least in apps, both reading and editing are done via API requests, which are in turn performed over https. The carrier would have no way of knowing what packets are "editing" vs. "reading".
On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Hi,
Is Wikipedia Zero only for reading, or for editing, too?
I noticed this Twitter conversation today: https://twitter.com/thornet/status/594837690778034176
It says that it's only for reading.
If it's true, is there a reason for this?
I don't know about images and videos, but I imagine that the costs for editing traffic would be negligible to the carriers and it will create a lot of, um, good karma for everybody.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l