[Wikimedia-l] French intelligency agency forces removal of a Wikipedia article

Alex Peek alexpeek1 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 6 04:33:40 UTC 2013


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On 5 April 2013 21:32, Alex Peek <alexpeek1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> All complaints about this project will be respected. I completely
> understand why a certain country or locality would object to data being
> included and this project.
>
> Keep in mind that all pieces of data used in the project must be available
> to the public. I do not understand why there would be an objection when
> data used is freely available.
>
> The current Wikipedia 'Economy of the ________" pages already feature lots
> of world economic data. This project organizes that data in a legal way.
>
> The whole point of this project is to provide a public good. I do not want
> to offend anyone or do anybody harm. I believe that this project would help
> educated people about the world economy.
>
>
> On 5 April 2013 20:02, Mathieu Stumpf <psychoslave at culture-libre.org>wrote:
>
>> Le vendredi 05 avril 2013 à 13:44 -0600, Fred Bauder a écrit :
>> > Somehow it is important... Streisand effect writ large. Unless somehow
>> it
>> > was just a mixup, or a deliberate attempt to put a false target forward.
>>
>> Or maybe just a test to see how hard it could be to do. Who know. ;)
>>
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