Some information on extent, the page is additionally blocked on: * Be Pro (so the WMF's suggestion that "It does not affect people in the UK who are accessing the internet through non-residential means such as at their place of employment." is incorrect. It shows the same bare 404 that is shown on the residential Be network) * T-Mobile (on G1 - redirect to iwf site)* Vodafone (Vodafone error page - though on my handset it renders as their internal XML markup language)
2008/12/6 David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am not suggesting that WMUK do anything about this whatsoever. > > However, I do suggest that all readers of this list try the pages and > share the results they get (and their ISP). > > More specifically, if you're on any of: > > * Be/O2/Telefonica > * Virgin Media > * EasyNet/UK Online/Sky > * PlusNet > * Demon > * TalkTalk > > - then you need to try the link, and if it doesn't work, contact your > ISP and ask WTF. > > This is likely to hit the papers soon. BIG FUSS. We (the community and > the Foundation and everyone) need to know the precise parameters of > whatever's going on. > > > - d. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/12/6 > Subject: Wikipedia quietly censored by Internet Watch Foundation > To: Open Rights Group open discussion list > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Mike Godwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cary Bass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ... by transparent proxying on some ISPs, not others. > > Surmise is that it's because of the album cover on > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Killer (the page about the > Scorpions album "Virgin Killer") - some people can't acces the page. > The image is distasteful but not (AFAIK) actually illegal (yet). And > is also famous and encyclopedic in itself. > > Practical upshot is that every user on *some* ISPs has been put > through one of just two IPs. This means that vandal blocks have > widespread collateral damage. > > (I'm on Zen and I can get to the page and image.) > > The question now is: how do we find out what the hell is going on, and > who has done this? > > Somewhat confusing page about the matter from the admins' noticeboard, > where the admins try to work out wtf: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Major_UK_ISPs_reduced_to_using_2_IP_addresses > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >
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