Chinese Ban on Wikipedia Prevents Research

An anonymous reader writes "China has banned access to Wikipedia for the third time, outraging students and intellectuals." From the article: "The latest blocking of the website, the third shutdown of the site in China in the past two years, has now continued for more than 10 weeks without any explanation and without any indication whether the ban is temporary or permanent ... Others said the blocking of Wikipedia has been a major blow to their research projects and even to their prospects of passing civil-service exams. 'How can I do my thesis now?' a university student asked on another Chinese website."

They're just mad

[Anonymous Coward]

That wikipedia blamed John Seigenthaler for the Tiananmen Square conspiracy.

If this guy's thesis depends on Wikipedia...

[winkydink]

then one has to question the quality of Chinese degrees.

Quit Whining!

[Shadow Wrought]

They may have blocked wikipedia, but they still have the uncyclopedia [uncyclopedia.org] as a backup, so they should be good to go on their research- especially considering today's WotD [uncyclopedia.org];-)

In other news...

[hosecoat]

"'How can I do my thesis now?' a university student asked on another Chinese website."

China's response was to block the 'other Chinese website' as well.

Re:Does nyud.net:8090 work in china?

[Saeed al-Sahaf]

Of course it works. The Chinese censors know nothing of these complicated "Interweb" tricks.

Re:Back to (Tiananmen) Square One?

[The-Bus]

I guess we wait for another Tiananmen Square [wikipedia.org] to happen again.

I would like to know what this "Tiananmen Square" is, but alas, your links lead to Wikipedia.

Signed,

An Inquisitive Chinese 'Net User

Wikipedia Alternative

[Philip K Dickhead]

Try http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page [http]> Uncyclopedia , a bold and innovative new way to catalogue and disseminate the knowlege of the world.

China (real name, Christina Longford) will be ready, willing and able to do the bird all night.

BTW: What kind of Doctoral candidate is threatened by inavailability of ONE general resource?

No problem

[PMuse]

'How can I do my thesis now?' a university student asked on another Chinese website.

Answer: the same way they did theses way back in 2000. Unless, of course, Wikipedia was in some way the subject of this poor unfortunate's research, in which case he is well and truly screwed. If so, he needs to pay a visit to Droz.

Droz: Okay, what's your major?
Supplicant1: - Um, particle physics.
Droz: - Ooh, that's a tough one. Let me see... Ooh. "Motion of Helium Atoms In An Excited State." Watch out. It's a scorcher.

Droz: - Next.
Supplicant1:- Uh, Sanskrit.
Droz: Sanskrit. You're majoring in a 5000-year-old dead language.
Supplicant2: Yeah.
Droz: Okay... Ooh. Latin. It's the best I can do.

Droz: - Next.
Supplicant3:- Phys Ed.
Droz: Phys Ed. Okay, you're out of my room. Seriously. Get out.