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https://archive.is/POAuW https://archive.is/POAuW The page in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_News_International_vs._Wikimedia_Foundation https:

https://archive.is/POAuW https://archive.is/POAuW The page in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_News_International_vs._Wikimedia_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_News_International_vs._W... > The Wikimedia Foundation has suspended access to this page due to an order by the Delhi High Court, without prejudice to the Foundation's rights. We are pursuing all available legal options. > We remain committed to access to knowledge as a human right. We are working to ensure that everyone can access and share free knowledge on Wikipedia. > This regards active litigation, and this page will be updated when we are able to share more information. https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:October_16_2024_ANI_v_Wikimedia_order.pdf https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:October_16_2024_A... The prior page has been scrubbed from the history of the page, which I have never seen before. Most recent archive of page I could find: https://archive.is/dNTEl https://archive.is/dNTEl Court case info says "pending" with next court date being listed as October 25, 2024: https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/court/dhc_case_status_list_new?sno=1&ctype=CS(OS)&cno=524&cyear=2024 https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/court/dhc_case_status_list_new... https://archive.is/yPgzv https://archive.is/yPgzv

randunel 2y ago
> ANI Media Private Limited, the parent company of news agency Asian News International (ANI), filed a ₹2 crore (approximately US$240,000) defamation suit against the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) over the description of ANI in the English Wikipedia article about the news agency. Asian News International used the Delhi High Court to censor Wikipedia? Or did the court order the censorship ex officio?
- aspenmayer 2y ago
  Unclear to me at the moment; I’m catching up on the Wikipedia Talk page that has some staff quotes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)
bawolff 2y ago
> The prior page has been scrubbed from the history of the page, which I have never seen before. Its rare, but does happen ocassionally. Normally it only happens when someone posts personal information that is not something that is in the public interest enough to belong in an article.
- aspenmayer 2y ago
  Those deletions seem consistent with Wikipedia norms and come from within the organization and its editors, compared to this action being seemingly complied with under protest in order to leave all options open legally.
  - bawolff 2y ago
    Indeed, i agree. I just meant on a technical level, scrubbing page histories is a thing that happens ocassionally. The current situatuon is pretty unprecedented as far as i know.
    - aspenmayer 2y ago
      The only other time I found a country-level block for a specific page was this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-sur-Haute_military_radio_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-sur-Haute_military_radi... Worldwide blocks for a specific page are unprecedented.
      - bawolff 2y ago
        That was not a country wide block.
        aspenmayer 2y ago
        Nice spot. It was an attempted block/deletion of the article on the French-language Wikipedia.

randunel 2y ago

> ANI Media Private Limited, the parent company of news agency Asian News International (ANI), filed a ₹2 crore (approximately US$240,000) defamation suit against the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) over the description of ANI in the English Wikipedia article about the news agency. Asian News International used the Delhi High Court to censor Wikipedia? Or did the court order the censorship ex officio?

aspenmayer 2y ago
Unclear to me at the moment; I’m catching up on the Wikipedia Talk page that has some staff quotes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)

bawolff 2y ago

> The prior page has been scrubbed from the history of the page, which I have never seen before. Its rare, but does happen ocassionally. Normally it only happens when someone posts personal information that is not something that is in the public interest enough to belong in an article.

aspenmayer 2y ago
Those deletions seem consistent with Wikipedia norms and come from within the organization and its editors, compared to this action being seemingly complied with under protest in order to leave all options open legally.
- bawolff 2y ago
  Indeed, i agree. I just meant on a technical level, scrubbing page histories is a thing that happens ocassionally. The current situatuon is pretty unprecedented as far as i know.
  - aspenmayer 2y ago
    The only other time I found a country-level block for a specific page was this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-sur-Haute_military_radio_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-sur-Haute_military_radi... Worldwide blocks for a specific page are unprecedented.
    - bawolff 2y ago
      That was not a country wide block.
      - aspenmayer 2y ago
        Nice spot. It was an attempted block/deletion of the article on the French-language Wikipedia.