[Wikipedia-l] Multilingual error messages - need proof-reading

[Kat Walsh]

On 9/11/07, J.L.W.S. The Special One <hildanknight at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see.
>
> "No open proxies" (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/No_open_proxies) is
> a "Meta"-policy, which means that it applies to all Wikipedias and
> Wikimedia projects. Fortunately, the admins on the Chinese Wikipedia
> do not enforce this Meta-policy.
>
> This Meta-policy discriminates against the Chinese (and those in
> countries where Wikipedia is censored/blocked by the government) and
> should be abolished.

What's a "meta" policy? The restriction on open proxies is not a
Foundation policy that must be enforced on all projects: there's never
been a board resolution or other official action about it. It's just
one many communities have chosen to adopt (and may, also, choose not
to adopt), and so it is written on meta for reference by many
projects.

-Kat

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