Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
😀 Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 30 Apr 2017, at 07:26, Isaac Olatunde wrote: > > Thanks for the update, Katherine. > > Best, > > Isaac > >> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Isla Haddow-Flood >> wrote: >> Sorry. That was just a message on Facebook !! Not an official releas

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Isaac Olatunde
Thanks for the update, Katherine. Best, Isaac On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Isla Haddow-Flood wrote: > Sorry. That was just a message on Facebook !! Not an official release. > > Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > > On 30 Apr 2017, at 07:04, Katherine Maher wrote: > > Hi all, > > T

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Katherine Maher
No worries! That was my response. We're putting a formal statement on the blog later today. On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Isla Haddow-Flood wrote: > Sorry. That was just a message on Facebook !! Not an official release. > > Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > > On 30 Apr 2017, at 07:04

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Sorry. That was just a message on Facebook !! Not an official release. Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. > On 30 Apr 2017, at 07:04, Katherine Maher wrote: > > Hi all, > > The WMF is going to release a statement. It's not up yet on the blog, but > it's coming - its with our Turkish c

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Isla Haddow-Flood
Hello all Katherine - on behalf of the wikimedia foundation - has released a statement: We regret and condemn the decision by Turkish authorities to block access to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a vital source of information for hundreds of millions of people around the world, containing essential

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi all, The WMF is going to release a statement. It's not up yet on the blog, but it's coming - its with our Turkish counsel (lawyers) for review. Keep you posted! Katherine On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 8:40 PM, Emna Mizouni wrote: > Hi there, > > What kind of statement are we going to release ? In

Re: [African Wikimedians] Turkish Government Blocked Access to Wikipedia

2017-04-30 Thread Emna Mizouni
Hi there, What kind of statement are we going to release ? In the name of the community or the foundation ? Best ​Emna ___ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wiki