[WikiEN-l] How do I edit a page from inside China?

[Stefan Sittler]

On 10/25/05, Christopher Maloney <voldrani at gmail.com> wrote:
> As most of you probably know, China has recently blocked (again)
> access to Wikipedia.  I've gotten around their Great Firewall by
> installing tor, but now, I find that my edit access to pages is
> blocked, because I appear to be coming from an open proxy.
>
> I don't understand why my edit access is blocked, even though I'm
> logged in as a valid user (Klortho).  I'm sure there's a good reason,
> but I don't understand it.  Anyway, is there any way around this?  I
> certainly hope so, because it seems ironic to me that Wikipedia, in
> effect, puts up an additional barrier to Chinese people wanting to
> express themselves (in addition to the censorship by the government,
> that is).

This *very issue* is right now being proposed as a policy, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy_proposal

Ironically, you yourself may not be able to enter into the discussion
(although maybe talk-page editing isn't blocked?), but you can at
least see what's happening. At least some people are hoping that this
exact situation can be remedied.
Good luck.

--smws
(user:Kiaparowits)

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