Pradeep, Arun, I tried. Didn't work with my lab. Lab admin refusing. As for cyber cafes, I've managed to unblock it. : )
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Pradeep Mohandas < pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also, this also gives a Wikimedian a needed excuse to talk about > Wikipedia - a leg in the door, if you will. The Head of IT's interest > did get piqued by being told about Commons but I'm not sure if she > explored it much more. It was a situation that I could have positively > exploited but I was just happy to get the restriction removed. > > Pradeep > Handheld > > On 26/12/2011, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Pradeep Mohandas < > > pradeep.mohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> hi, > >> > >> Commons was blocked in my college too. All it took for me to get it > >> unblocked was a 25 min conversation with Head of IT dept. She did the > >> needful to unblock Commons. Suggest talking to the college's/cyber > >> cafe's network administrator first to unblocking websites. > >> > > > > This is the best way forward, the IT admin of colleges, cafes always have > > the option of overriding default filter lists. Students/colleges should > be > > encouraged to get contact the admins and get commons/wikipedia unblocked > > and have free unrestricted access just like the local intranet. it will > > encourage using wikipedia as a reference and more students to contribute. > > > > I remember i needed to pay to browse the web at my engg college. i had > made > > a request to make wikipedia free for access, but back at the time in > 2005, > > the admins did not take it seriously, times might have changed now. > > -- > > j.mp/ArunGanesh <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> > > > > > -- > Pradeep Mohandas > How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 13th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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