Oh, thanks for the report. IP blocks suck more than DNS meddling... On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Amir Ladsgroup <[email protected]> wrote:
> It seems IP of WMF wikis is being blocked so AFAIK it doesn't really depend > on domain name. > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:32 PM Denny Vrandecic <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > IIRC we used to have the alternative URL > > > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/fa/wiki/ > > > > in order to access > > > > https://fa.wikinews.org/wiki > > > > but it seems that these were turned into redirects, probably when the > https > > switch happened. > > > > Would it be an idea to not make them redirects but return the content on > > the wikimedia domain, or, even better, on the wikipedia domain (and maybe > > any of our domains) as well? > > > > Cheers, > > Denny > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Mardetanha <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Not all WMF websites are blocked in Iran, Till now commons is blocked > and > > > Fawikinews (starting this evening), as far as I contacted local > > > authorities, they didn't confirm the block, they only said it might > > > technical issue, I am still try to get more information to see what is > > > happening > > > > > > > > > Mardetanha > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Amir Ladsgroup <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > It had started with Wikimedia Commons and then upload.wikimedia.org > > (so > > > no > > > > images) and now Persian Wikinews and I just realized except a few > > number > > > of > > > > ISPs all WM websites are blocked everywhere. Obviously analytics can > > give > > > > more details. > > > > > > > > I talked with legal team in Wikimania and asked them for a direct > talk > > or > > > > any kind of negotiation with Iranian government to make things easier > > but > > > > It's going worse. they lifted block on CNN once Rouhani had interview > > > with > > > > them two years ago. > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > Best > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/[email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
