[Foundation-l] Arabic Wikipedia blocked in Syria

[Harel Cain]

Bassem,

I think the question is whether this authority is publicly known, has
some kind of contact information, and is accepting of letters from
international organizations. If only it were that simple...


Harel

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Bassem JARKAS <jarkas at gmail.com> wrote:
> the problem is not with accessing the site. there is many mirrors, and even
> we can access it through https secure website of wikimedia.
> but that is not easy for normal users. and most of our visitor come from
> google links. which are now blocked.
>
>
> Could WMF send a letter to the authority in charge of monitoring the web
> sites in the syrian government to unlock the site?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Todd Allen <toddmallen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:34 PM, effe iets anders
>> <effeietsanders at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Forwarding to Wikitech-l, maybe you know more of a solution?
>> >
>> > -- Lodewijk
>> >
>> > 2008/5/15, Mohamed Magdy <mohamed.m.k at gmail.com>:
>> >> Hello
>> >>
>> >>  Our Syrian users reported that Arabic Wikipedia access from Syria is
>> being
>> >>  blocked (reading and editing), the block started since 30/4/2008. The
>> rest
>> >>  of the languages are working properly. Advanced users can bypass the
>> block
>> >>  and view and edit (proxies) but the problem is that the majority cannot
>> get
>> >>  past the block. We don't know the reasons yet for this stupid block. Is
>> >>  there anything to be done to help lift the block?
>> >>
>> >>
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>> I doubt if they could block all of the mirrors out there. That would
>> make for a solution at least for reading, and many mirrors update
>> relatively frequently.
>>
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