[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia is being filtered by firewall

[Ray Saintonge]

Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On 9/20/07, jcagle1337 <jcagle1337 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> my school blocks at the least 95% of all proxies.  I try and browse through
>> wikipedia and it tells me that it is wikipedia is using a proxy server known
>> as http://privacywant.info.  Is this something that has happened to anyone
>> else before, or is it just particular on mine.
>>     
> Not only is that proxy not operated by Wikipedia the English edition
> blocks users at that proxy from editing:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AIpblocklist&ip=64.191.70.133
>
> If you'd be willing to provide contact information for right
> authorities (probably the IT department) for your school to me
> privately I'd be glad to get someone to contact them and sort this
> out.
>
> It may actually be that the computer you are using is configured to
> use that proxy. Do you get that message about sites other than
> Wikipedia?
It should be noted that in many school districts this sort of thing is 
managed at the district level rather than at individual schools. 
Individual schools may not have personnel  on staff who are able to 
understand much IT.

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