Hey All
What are people's thoughts about a response by the movement?
Have started drafting something here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Response_to_2017_ban_in_Turkey
Would appreciate peoples though and whether or not they think this is a good idea.
James
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 8:51 AM, James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
What we can and should do is produce offline versions of Wikipedia content and promote them both in Turkey and to the media :-)
Will try to see about producing a beta version of a Turkish medical app today.
James
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 4:52 AM, Anders Wennersten < mail@anderswennersten.se> wrote:
I do hope WMF taken NO action. We have learnt by similar cases, that the local communities(chapters) haves best insight in how to best proceed.
And things would evolve to be much worse if an non-turkish entity was to take action
Anders
Den 2017-04-29 kl. 12:45, skrev Rogol Domedonfors:
Presumably the WMF will be taking prompt, strong and effective action to protest against and reverse this decision? A case in the Constitutional Court, for example?
"Rogol"
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Mardetanha mardetanha.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
more info
https://turkeyblocks.org/2017/04/29/wikipedia-blocked-turkey/
Mardetanha
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < itzik@wikimedia.org.il> wrote:
Basak commented on Facebook: "In the news, it says that, Wikipedia
supports
global terrorism. The Turkish officials has been corresponding with wikipedia (?) but there is no answer. The site (most probably they mean English one) includes content that supports ISIS ."
http://mobil.hurriyet.com.tr/son-dakika-haberi-wikipediaya- erisim-engellendi-40441904
- Sent from mobile
On Apr 29, 2017 11:55, "Mardetanha" mardetanha.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
hopefully it would be technical mistake and will be lifted very soon.
Mardetanha
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < itzik@wikimedia.org.il> wrote:
Hey, > > FYI - sad news from Turkish. > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > +972-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Itzik - Wikimedia Israel itzik@wikimedia.org.il > Date: Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:42 AM > Subject: [PRESS] Turkish authorities block Wikipedia > To: Communications Committee wmfcc-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39754909 > > Reuters just published that a 15 minutes ago, so it will be soon all > over
the news. > > > --- > > *Turkey has blocked all access inside the country to the online > encyclopaedia Wikipedia, one of the world's most popular websites.* > > It was not initially clear why the ban had been imposed. > The Turkey Blocks group said the site was inaccessible from 08:00 > (05:00
GMT) by order of the Turkish authorities. > People in the capital Istanbul were unable to access any Wikipedia > pages
without using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). > "After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law > Nr.
5651, an administrative measure has been taken for this website,"
> Turkey's
> Information and Communication Technologies Authority was quoted as > saying.
> No reason was given. > Turkey Blocks and Turkish media, including the Hurriyet Daily News, > said
the provisional order would need to be backed by a full court ruling > in
the
> next few days. > > Social media was in uproar as news of the ban emerged, with some > users
speculating that it might be a bid to suppress criticism on President
> Recep
> Tayyip Erdogan's Wikipedia page. > Mr Erdogan narrowly won a controversial 16 April referendum on > increasing
his powers, but the issue has deeply divided the country. > Turkey has temporarily blocked popular social media sites including > Facebook and Twitter in the past, especially in the wake of mass > protests
or terror attacks. > The government has previously denied censoring the internet, blaming > outages on spikes in usage after major events. > > > > *Regards,Itzik Edri* > Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel > +972-54-5878078 <+972%2054-587-8078> | http://www.wikimedia.org.il > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the
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