Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Zero editing

2015-05-04 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
Before Dan replies more fully: Editing is possible, but since it requires HTTPS connection, it will not be free for telco partners who use URL-based whitelisting instead of IP-based. In those cases, we attempt to warn users of the possible charges. On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Yuri Astrakhan

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Zero editing

2015-05-04 Thread Dmitry Brant
I would be surprised (and perplexed) if this is the case. At least in apps, both reading and editing are done via API requests, which are in turn performed over https. The carrier would have no way of knowing what packets are "editing" vs. "reading". On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Amir E. Aharon

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Zero editing

2015-05-04 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
CCing Dan. On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > Hi, > > Is Wikipedia Zero only for reading, or for editing, too? > > I noticed this Twitter conversation today: > https://twitter.com/thornet/status/594837690778034176 > > It says that it's only fo

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Zero editing

2015-05-04 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Hi, Is Wikipedia Zero only for reading, or for editing, too? I noticed this Twitter conversation today: https://twitter.com/thornet/status/594837690778034176 It says that it's only for reading. If it's true, is there a reason for this? I don't know about images and videos, but I imagine that t