A quick update: It's back but still unavailable in some ISPs.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:24 PM Denny Vrandecic
wrote:
> Oh, thanks for the report. IP blocks suck more than DNS meddling...
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Amir Ladsgroup
> wrote:
>
> > It seems IP of WMF wikis is being block
Oh, thanks for the report. IP blocks suck more than DNS meddling...
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Amir Ladsgroup
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
> wrote:
>
> > IIRC we
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
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
Block depends on so many factors, depends on ISP you can see wide range of
behavior, for me nothing is blocked since my ISP is IPM. This behavior is
changing and that's worrying to me. Wikipedia was accessible using Irancell
in Tehran but right now it's not. More worrying, upload.wikimedia.org is
b
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 con
Hi Amir,
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Amir Ladsgroup
wrote:
> It had started with Wikimedia Commons and then upload.wikimedia.org (so no
> images) and now Persian Wikinews
What error do you get when you try to upload a picture? If you share couple
of screen-shots, those can help, too.
Re
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
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
