http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:220.233.86.223#We_now_have_to_block_W...
Amusing, but I thought I'd let people know. An anon has claimed, "I am in charge of 25K plus internet users in Australia and have decided to block the Wikipedia site through our routers." His reasons include a legal need to protect his customers from the net (yes, folks, WP is that sinister...).
(The background to this is that this user was blocked a couple of weeks back for posting a user's personal information and insinuating threats (legal and otherwise) in a dispute about the [[Potter's House Christian Fellowship]] article. Presumably sour grapes -- and bluff, in all likelihood.)
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I just hope this doesn't result in any Wikipedia regulars being blocked...
Mgm
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:43:49 +0100 (BST), Matt R matt_crypto@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:220.233.86.223#We_now_have_to_block_W...
Amusing, but I thought I'd let people know. An anon has claimed, "I am in charge of 25K plus internet users in Australia and have decided to block the Wikipedia site through our routers." His reasons include a legal need to protect his customers from the net (yes, folks, WP is that sinister...).
(The background to this is that this user was blocked a couple of weeks back for posting a user's personal information and insinuating threats (legal and otherwise) in a dispute about the [[Potter's House Christian Fellowship]] article. Presumably sour grapes -- and bluff, in all likelihood.)
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MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
I just hope this doesn't result in any Wikipedia regulars being blocked... Mgm
Very unlikely to be true... do ISPs really block gambling, porn etc sites?
In Australia, it's both a yes and a no.
See here, http://libertus.net/censor/netcensor.html
He sounds like nothing more than a disgruntled user with an axe to grind. My access to Wikipedia is fine, and yes, I'd be making noise if it ever went away.
Cheers,
-j
Pete/Pcb21 wrote in gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english:
Very unlikely to be true... do ISPs really block gambling, porn etc sites?
http://news.com.com/Utah+governor+signs+Net-porn+bill/2100-1028_3-5629067.ht...
kate.
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:41:51 +0100, Kate Turner keturner@livejournal.com wrote:
Pete/Pcb21 wrote in gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english:
Very unlikely to be true... do ISPs really block gambling, porn etc sites?
http://news.com.com/Utah+governor+signs+Net-porn+bill/2100-1028_3-5629067.ht...
kate.
I think the proper question is "do ISPs really block gampling, porn, etc sites because those sites annoyed an employee."
This is not likely to become an issue for anyone, ever. The anon is bluffing. Did we worry for the community when Michael started talking about killing sysops, or when Khranus said he was going to put a lot of money into setting up a competing site?
Pakaran
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:43:18 +0100, Pete/Pcb21 pete_pcb21_wpmail@pcbartlett.com wrote:
MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
I just hope this doesn't result in any Wikipedia regulars being blocked...
Mgm
Very unlikely to be true... do ISPs really block gambling, porn etc sites?
Only the ones that want to get bad publicity and go out of business. If this anon is in a position to block a site as common as Wikipedia, he needs to think about whether he is more valuable to his employer than the customers are.
Pak
Matt R wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:220.233.86.223#We_now_have_to_block_W...
Amusing, but I thought I'd let people know. An anon has claimed, "I am in charge of 25K plus internet users in Australia and have decided to block the Wikipedia site through our routers." His reasons include a legal need to protect his customers from the net (yes, folks, WP is that sinister...).
(The background to this is that this user was blocked a couple of weeks back for posting a user's personal information and insinuating threats (legal and otherwise) in a dispute about the [[Potter's House Christian Fellowship]] article. Presumably sour grapes -- and bluff, in all likelihood.)
Matt -- [[User:Matt Crypto]]
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Really? If he's done this, then please advise me of the ISP and I will get in contact with them. If they are blocking at the router and killing off access to their Internet customers then I will get on the phone to their customer service division and talk to their management.
Incidently, I think it was I who blocked this nitwit (before I asked to be desysoped). I actually told TimStarling what they had done and he edited the revision to remove One Salient Oversight's personal information.
I don't think it's a bluff, for what it's worth. The user quite possibly might be working for an ISP.
TBSDY