Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi,
What I am missing is that Iran has blocked the whole Wikimedia domain as
Commons is included in that domain. I understand that the reason is there
being too much sexual explicit content. As a consequence this important
free resource is no longer available to the students of Iran as a resource
for illustrations for their project work.
What I would like to know is if we have been talking to Iranian politicians
and / or if we have an understanding of what it takes to ensure that Commons
becomes available again.
That's ultimately up to the Iranians to find a solution. We should no
more adapt to their lowest standards of free speech for the sake of
being accepted than we would stop talking about Tibet to please the
Chinese government.
Ec