[Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

[Fred Bauder]

Try
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/10/russian-wikipedia-shut-down-protest?INTCMP=SRCH

It is quite possible, as in China, political censorship is the actual
purpose, and pornography, and whatever, is just the excuse.

Fred

> On 11/07/12 09:40, Milos Rancic wrote:
>> Yep, I forgot it. BTW, note the comments below RIA Novosti news on
>> Russian Wikipedia strike [1]. That baseline fluctuates a lot :)
>>
>> [1] http://en.ria.ru/society/20120710/174509543.html
>
> By the way, Western media are spinning this to be an anti-Putin protest,
> see f.e.
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/10/russian-wikipedia-shut-down-protest
>
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