Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-06-29/Blog

Nice effort. Has a slightly higher chance of working than convincing North Korea to allow people to use Internet. Seriously, you can't expect dictatorial govt's to listen. But putting messages like this out there at least shows that we haven't forgotten about the oppressed people in those countries, so I can't blame the effort. There are worse ways to spend our donations/WMF time then to write such PR. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:08, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * They've just won an election, so now is a good time to give it a try anyway. Johnbod (talk) 12:22, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree with Ms. Hershenov's comments, the way Turkey is represented is a process that would be improved by more involvement from Turkish people, and they must not be afraid to engage in that process honestly and openly. Not every country's government enjoys the stability of the the United States or Britain, and it is not the fault of the people who live in those countries (including Syria and other places where Internet access is restricted). There are many reasons for this, but I appreciate WMF efforts to continue to dialogue with the government and explain Wikipedia's open editing model. Seraphim System  ( talk ) 20:10, 4 July 2018 (UTC)