[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia in jail!

[rupert THURNER]

Hi Robert, no censoring, filtering, or monitoring. Its the full French
wikipedia. Afaiu emmanuel it was not discussed, but he explicitly pointed
out that all articles are there  including the ones about arms.

Rupert
Am 19.06.2013 03:46 schrieb "Robert Rohde" <rarohde at gmail.com>:

> Very cool.
>
> I'm curious, did the prison have any concerns about content or want
> things filtered out?
>
> I've know that some prisons don't allow reading material that is
> sexual, violent, etc.  Did restrictions like that have to be
> considered?  Obviously, most of Wikipedia is pretty mundane, but if
> you look hard enough I'm sure some people might find things to object
> to.
>
> -Robert Rohde
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Charles Andrès
> <charles.andres.wmch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wikipedia for prisoners – an unexpected partnership between a swiss
> prison and Wikimedia CH
> >
> > Following an initiative from Emmanuel Engelhart, with the support of
> Wikimedia CH CAO, Chantal Ebongué, since March 2013, prisoners who request
> can have an access to Wikipedia offline (Kiwix project). The idea is to
> stimulate or to support the interest for education of prisoners who were,
> for a large majority, condemned to long-time sentences.
> >
> > After three months of pilot phasis, the project is successful : Among
> the 36 prisoners of the Bellevue’s prison in Gorgier, 18 possess or rent a
> computer. All of them requested the upload of Wikipedia offline on their
> PC. For security reasons, swiss prisoners have a very restricted access to
> internet.
> >
> > More informations in the press releases (ENG, DE, FR, IT) that was sent
> today to the swiss media
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Charles
> >
> >
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