On 7-Dec-08, at 1:28 PM, Andrew Gray wrote:

> 2008/12/7 techman224 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> On 7-Dec-08, at 11:47 AM, techman224 wrote:
>>
>>> It's too bad the UK is censoring Wikipedia. I'm just shocked to see
>>> an English Country that's fully developed to censor Wikipedia. It is
>>> like the "China" problem turing into the "UK" problem. I hope that
>>> the UK would stop this so everyone can go on with their lives on
>>> wikipedia.
>>
>> Well, if they enable XFF headers on there proxy servers, that will be
>> ok, but I heard that some ISP's are blocking Wikipedia altogether.
>
> I think you may have been misinformed - there haven't been any cases
> of access to Wikipedia generally being blocked, rather than access to
> a specific page, that we're aware of.
>
> (And it's not "the UK"; it's some UK ISPs. It's not a governmental
> move, nor is it a comprehensive one...)
>
> --  
> - Andrew Gray
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http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/British_ISPs_restrict_access_to_Wikipedia_amid_child_pornography_allegations

"Wikinews has also learned that some ISPs have blocked customers from  
accessing some Wikimedia websites including the free, online  
encyclopedia, Wikipedia, altogether."

Yes there is.

Techman224

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