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One of the most affected projects is the Chinese Wikipedia. There was no warning from any department before these blockings occurred and no explanation for the reasons after the occurrence. Every block has delayed the growth of Wikimedia project users to a considerable extent and attracted the attention of netizens and the media.
May 21, 2019 · China first blocked the Chinese-language Wikipedia in June 2004 before the 15 th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. Before 2015, countries could even block specific articles...
May 2, 2017 · Culture. May 2, 2017 8:33 AM. China is creating its own state-funded Wikipedia and has 20,000 people writing it. The Chinese Encyclopaedia will have around 300,000 entries around 1,000 words...
Dec 18, 2021 · 12-18-2021 TECH. The war over Chinese Wikipedia is a warning for the open internet. An investigation finds Wikipedia volunteers are battling not only censorship, but threats, arrest, and...
Wikipedia received positive coverage in China's state press in early 2004 but was blocked on 3 June 2004, ahead of the 15th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. Proposals to practice self-censorship in a bid to restore the site were rejected by the Chinese Wikipedia community. [10]
May 17, 2019 · Wikimedia Foundation urges Chinese authorities to lift block of Wikipedia in China. By Wikimedia Foundation • 17 May 2019. The Wikimedia Foundation has determined that Wikipedia is no longer accessible in the People’s Republic of China—impacting more than 1.3 billion readers, students, professionals, researchers, and more who can no ...
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Sep 16, 2021 · September 16, 2021 - 1:31 pm. Earlier this week, in an unprecedented step, Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees Wikipedia, banned seven editors based out of Mainland China over “ infiltration...
