Because the app uses the same base URL for the requests to Wikipedia as other access methods (e.g. internet browsers), a block a Wikipedia would apply to the App, too. Sorry, but there's no way to work around this, if a block is implemented to block all requests to a specific domain. One workaround on the client side would be to use a VPN, so that the request will be made from another origin and the answer forwarded to your phone/computer. However, I'm not sure, if this is allowed in any way. Best, Florian -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Wikitech-l [mailto:wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Denny Vrandecic Gesendet: Samstag, 29. April 2017 21:16 An: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Betreff: [Wikitech-l] Turkey ban Does it also affect the app? If so, why, and can we circumvent that? _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

The Iranian government by blocking several major websites (youtube, facebook, twitter) actually made people aware of anonymizers and people were able to use a wide range of them. Most popular ones that people in Turkey can use is: 1- Psiphon (a little bit slow, has an android app) 2- Hotspot shield (great, also andriod app) 3- Lantern (the only one that supports linux) Tor is good too but we have editing problems with that. Best On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 12:57 PM Bináris <wikiposta(a)gmail.com> wrote: Facebook) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

On May 2, 2017, at 9:00 AM, Jonathan Morgan &lt;jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: And now, this: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/20000-chinese-writers-will-crea… -- Jonathan T. Morgan Senior Design Researcher Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

I think that's the first time I've heard Wikipedia described as bewitching. I'll take it as a compliment. FWIW, I have a hard time parsing this as bad news. Someone hiring 20,000 professional writers to create a freely accessible (though not distributable) encyclopedia is probably a net positive for humanity. I'm sure it will be heavily biased on political issues and heavily censored, but I doubt that will completely negate the value of the work. As an encyclopedia buff, I hope I can be forgiven for being secretly a little bit excited to hear about this effort. Cuba also has a state-sponsored Wikipedia competitor, EcuRed. Some of the articles are dripping with propaganda, but it's coverage of Cuban history and culture is actually much better than Wikipedia's (including Spanish Wikipedia). If this gives China an excuse to permanently block Wikipedia, I suppose it will be a net negative, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. You are now free to tar and feather me!