Help:Censorship
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Wikipedia is generally not censored by the editors, but there may be censorship of some or all of Wikipedia content by individual governments.
The editors of Wikipedia decide by community consensus as to what content is added. The only censorship by the community of note is the decision to blacklist certain images and restrict the visibility of various articles. Depictions of Muhammad, which cause offence to some Muslims, have not been censored.
A number of methods can be used to prevent a computer from showing images contained in Wikipedia. If you wish to do this, see the options at Help:Options to hide an image.
Circumventing external censorship
[edit]There are a number of different ways to circumvent external censorship, with different likelihoods of success and protection of privacy. Keep in mind that you may face risks or repercussions for circumventing censorship that has been implemented by e.g. your employer or country.
- Using the Tor network
- Using a VPN
- Download an offline copy of Wikipedia using Kiwix
- Use a mirror of Wikipedia, e.g. Wikiwand, Wikimore
- Copy the location of the blocked Wikipedia page into Google Translate
Historically censorship operated on a per-page basis, so there were smaller tricks to circumvent that; however because of the switch to HTTPS, nearly all censorship covers the entire website.
See also
[edit]- Censorship, the encyclopedia article about the topic
- Censorship of Wikipedia, an article about the history of Wikipedia censorship by different countries.