It's interesting to the community to learn that other countries and languages have similar problems to those that have affected us here.

And not everyone on this list is subscribed to the main Wikimedia list.

On 10 July 2012 10:22, WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.comwrote:

It is being discussed on the Wikimedia list, but what relevance is it to Wikimedia UK?

WSC

On 10 July 2012 07:11, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:

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FYI

http://boingboing.net/2012/07/**09/russian-wikipedia-blacks-**out-o.htmlhttp://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/russian-wikipedia-blacks-out-o.html

Gordo

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On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 10:33 +0100, James Farrar wrote:

It's interesting to the community to learn that other countries and languages have similar problems to those that have affected us here.

s/affected/been inflicted upon/

Remember Virgin Killer and the IWF[1]? This quote from the 'quite lively' discussion on the Wikinews article is quite, quite insightful when it comes to looking at the people oh-so keen to screw up the Internet with a "think of teh chillun!" mindset:

"Perhaps the offence is in the eye of the beholder. The possible response of paedophiles has no more right to influence the rights of the rest of us to see such a thing that the possible response of foot-fetishists should dictate picture of shoes."

So, are the people who devote oh-so much effort, demanding considerable attention, in 'protecting' the entire world from child pornography - instead of going after those who produce it - perhaps "borderline" paedophiles?

An amusing comment in discussion around Wikinews covering the Russian blackout[2] was that there's growing evidence that blacklists on this sort of material, which are invariably leaked regardless of security measures, provide a go-to directory of extreme and extremist material. The requisite technological infrastructure is likely far more expensive than adequately funding the correct legal bodies (police etc.) to go after the hosts and producers.

[1]https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/British_ISPs_restrict_access_to_Wikipedia_amid_... [2]https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/% 27Imagine_a_world_without_free_knowledge%27,_in_Russia