[Foundation-l] university blocking wikipedia

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 22:20:33 UTC 2007


On 02/10/2007, Terin Stock <terin.stock at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> I know the Palm Beach County Public School district in Palm Beach,
> Florida activity blocks all access to Wikipedia, under the "Educational
> Sites" category. I've talked with some teachers, they suggest using
> answers.com as a solution. Most of the teachers also raised concerns
> about blocking of other useful websites, both from the teacher's and
> student's standpoint.

They have a whole category specifically for blocking sites they
consider educational? Does someone need to explain the point of
"school" to them?



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