Not quite. a) 'Regular folk' have never heard of the term 'proxy' and would struggle quite a lot with it. Though I agree, after some time, they'd figure it out

Not quite. a) 'Regular folk' have never heard of the term 'proxy' and would struggle quite a lot with it. Though I agree, after some time, they'd figure it out. b) The point is not to 'block Wikipedia' - it's to inform Europeans of the consequences of their legislation. If they even had to think to use a proxy to use a common service, the point would be made.