[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia isn't just a good idea - it's compulsory

[Phil Nash]

David Gerard wrote:
>> 2009/3/25 Phil Nash <pn007a2145 at blueyonder.co.uk>:
>>
>>> Not so much that the whole encyclopedia was blocked, more that the
>>> collateral effect as a result of blocking vandalism was that a
>>> bottleneck handful of re-routed proxy IP addresses was blocked;
>>> however, there was no block on the image page itself, and anyone
>>> who knows the basics of the http: protocol could work round it;
>>> and, of course, it only applied to en:wiki.
>>
>>
>> Yes, it was rather special that they (a) blocked encyclopedia text
>> (b) failed to block the actual image they were intending to lblock.
>>
>> Usually our press is sweetness and neutral light. This time we were
>> angry and made it known. I think this was a completely sccessful
>> approach. When used very sparingly indeed.

I think we came out of it not covered in excrement: result! I think we got 
our response exactly right, despite the difficulties of explaining the 
technicalities to a non-technical audience.