[WikiEN-l] Re: Google Alert - Wikipedia
Phil Boswell
phil.boswell at gmail.com
Mon Nov 21 08:10:33 UTC 2005
"Daniel R. Tobias" <dan at tobias.name> wrote in
message news:43810980.1469.B786808 at dan.tobias.name...
> On 20 Nov 2005 at 22:11, ABCD
> <en.abcd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > ... Wikimedia has emerged from the Wikipedia, the freely-available,
>> > editable, open and collaborative online encyclopaedia set up by
>> > Jimmy Wales. ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4450052.stm>
>
> But just what did Jimmy mean by this statement:
>
> "We are not talking about dissidents and being critical of the
> Chinese government," he said, stressing that Wikipedia was about
> having the tools to promote your culture.
>
> Is Wikipedia (the Chinese version) censoring out any dissident or
> government-critical views in the hopes of getting unblocked by the
> Chinese (mainland) government?
My impression of what he was meaning (and I suspect that quote is much
cut-down from his original wording) was that in blocking the Chinese
Wikipedia, the information being suppressed is not just that stuff, which
you wouldn't really be surprised about the Chinese Government wanting to
keep quiet, but also the **other** stuff about general topics.
The block means that people in China cannot see Wikipedia **at all**.
They're not simply prevented from accessing articles which might (or might
not) be critical about their Government, they can't see even articles about
everyday life, utterly non-controversial and often important.
HTH HAND
--
Phil
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