Ken, I'm forwarding your inquiry to wikitech-l. ----- Forwarded message from Ken Dobruskin <ken(a)dobruskin.com> ----- From: Ken Dobruskin <ken(a)dobruskin.com> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:00:02 +0100 (CET) To: Jimbo Wales <jwales(a)bomis.com> Subject: Forbidden access to wikipedia server Greetings! After reading the Wikipedia GFDL and policy on robots, I thought I'd try an experiment, absolutely in line with said policies. However when I tried to access the site from my server it failed with a 403. User-agent: Python-urllib/1.15 IP address: 216.28.158.40 Sorry if I should be asking this to the mailing list, but I did see a word about access issues to be addressed to a site admin. Would appreciate your advice. Best 'net regards, Ken ----- End forwarded message -----