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Ah yes, an account called “wikipediasucks” that only posts negative links about Wikipedia…

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So block the article in India but there’s no reason to block it in the rest of the world. Fuck India’s government gonna do to them?

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We were blocked in Turkey for 3 years or so, and fought all the way to the Supreme Court and won. Nothing has changed about our principles. The difference in this case is that the short term legal requirements in order to not wreck the long term chance of victory made this a necessary step.

Hopefully not block the entire website in India.

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Why? VPNs exist and fuck Modi

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Not everyone knows of/has access to VPN’s.

I don’t disagree with your sentiment, but I also get why they’d rather try to resolve it legally. If they succeed it will allow for much easier access for the majority of visitors.

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More authoritarian bull shit from India and the BJP.

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I never bought the “world biggest democracy” publicity stun. And each day it’s more and more obvious that India is not a true democracy. They have always prosecuted and try to kill anyone opposing the regime, and half the population (women) don’t have the same rights as men. They are one of the lowest countries in gender equality index. Without half the population it is imposible to be a democracy.

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most democratic countries cosplay as democracies. just like most communist countries cosplayed as communist.

ideology in its purest form. After the death of God, you need something to fill that unapproachable void. So you inject ideals- civil service, egalitarianism, tolerance, justice, etc – values that are virtuous and aspirational, but ultimately are just shiny veneers over a darker truth. it functions as scaffolding for systems that serve the interests of raw power. it is theater. performance. spectacle. underneath, the mechanisms of control, inequality, and corruption remain unchanged.

don’t make the mistake of believing that India is somehow unique here

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and half the population (women) don’t have the same rights as men

Backed up by something or just your feelings

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Backed on Global Gender Gap Index https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report

Or any other gender equality index that always put India on the bottom. Very bad.

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What’s going on here?

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You can click the article to find out!

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I can?

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https://www.thewikipedian.net/p/wmf-bjp-court-order-sell-out-principles

Edit: Don’t downvote this person please. They just phrased their question badly.

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And that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

https://www.reddit.com/r/justwikipediathings/wiki/index

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