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Up lot more aggressive in draining up this information. its now unfeasible without external interference because they are trying to rewrite history. while these editors may use a state registered e—mails, and vpns to get across the internet, its otherwise banned internet, its otherwise banned in china, john says its not a straightforward situation of beijing ordering the edits. there seems to be an overflow of patriotism in china and these changes are being carried out by people loyal to the c...

The world _ to say ok, here is my view of the world by understand their other— the world by understand their other views of the world and that— other views of the world and that and _ other views of the world and that and should present an explanation of all these various— explanation of all these various things in a fairway. the — various things in a fairway. the way— various things in a fairway. the way wikipedia works is that while anyone can edit an article, level administrators ac...

In hong kong, there are others continuing their work editing wikipedia articles both in english and in chinese, but importantly from the safety of another country. �*dave lives in britain but as a pro—democracy editor, he fears for his family and friends back home, so he spoke to us anonymously. when i started doing my edits, pro—beijing editors were ganging up to undo my edits. when i took my concerns to a higher level in wikipedia, the pro—beijing editors tried to use their numbers to ...

Which led to seven pro—beijing editors being banned from the site, some for the threatening messages and some accused of propagandising in the chinese narrative. these are edits that usually look at the event from a western prism and what chinese editors deem biased. but to get a sense ofjust how real the situation is on the ground right now, we asked our bbc hong kong correspondent danny vincent to dig deeper. i met someone were going to call �*john�*, who continues to edit articles on wi...

Sense of how real the situation is on the ground now, we are fwbc hong kong correspondent danny vincent to dig deeper. wonderful we asked our hong kong correspondent. i met someone were going to call john. he continues to edit articles on wikipedia relating to important events in hong kongs recent past, so a balanced viewpoint is presented. we gathered in a neutral location and under the cover of darkness. since the introduction of beijings national security law, wikipedia seems to have become a...

Wikipedias global. wikipedia is not localised to particular countries. as soon as we identify someone who is not behaving appropriately, wikipedia is not localised to particular countries. as soon as we identify someone who is not behaving appropriately, we ban them, so its quite simple. and that is exactly what wikipedia did last month when it banned seven pro—beijing editors. we tracked down yan, one of them. he lives abroad now, but used to organise events in china, teaching citizens there ...

Saw about 100 men in white shirts attacking people in a transport station. there were allegations these men had triad connections but were in cooperation with the police ultimately backed by beijing. but on the chinese wikipedia page of the incident, the second of these pictures was removed and then two days later, well over 100 photo editors were made to the page. changes were being thrown back and forth between words such as rural fractions to terrorists or conflict replacing terror attack. th...

For many of us, wikipedia embodies the true spirit of the internet — an enormous source of information created, edited and policed by volunteers around the world. and while its certainly possible to tweak an entry about yourself or your company to add some "facts", the encyclopaedias community of editors and fact—checkers have been famous hot on dragging you back to earth should you big yourself up too much. hmm. but over the last couple of years, weve uncovered evidence that some of wikiped...

This its time for click. week, hong kong is changing this week, hong kong is changing and so is its wikipedia entry. but who is responsible? ringing the vikings to life for schools. and, i mean, how many ljs do you need on a song? for many of us, wikipedia embodies the true spirit of the internet, an enormous source of information created, edited and policed by volunteers around the world. and while its certainly possible to tweak an entry about yourself or your company

To add some "facts", the community of editors and fact chequers have been immensely hot on dragging you back to earth should you put yourself up earth should you put yourself up too much. but earth should you put yourself up too much-— earth should you put yourself up too much. but over the last coule up too much. but over the last coume of _ up too much. but over the last coume of years _ up too much. but over the last couple of years we _ up too much. but over the last couple of years we hav...