Wiki is generally not censored by the editors but there may be censorship of some or all of Wikipedia content by individual governments.
This is an information page. It is not one of Wiki's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of consensus and vetting. |
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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 Wiki English. If you wish to do this, see the options at Help:Options to hide an image.
Wiki supports https for all pages. Sometimes this can interfere with page blocking or reduce the risk of repercussions.
Some possible ways to circumvent censorship by outside forces according to page name:
Some possible ways to circumvent censorship targeting pages containing specific named images:
These methods do not protect users who may be subject to threats to their employment or freedom for viewing certain types of content. For them, a very careful exploration of HTTP tunnels, virtual private networks, The Onion Router protocol, or "sneakernet" may or may not be appropriate.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article Help:Censorship, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
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