Cormac’s blog

I hadn’t realised this before (though I should have) that the Chinese government’s block on Wikipedia is also in place for all Wikimedia sites - including Wikiversity. Here’s the proof:

Thanks to Roger for pointing this out. It’s particularly frustrating because, as Roger points out, this will probably prevent teachers who are in China (say, teaching English) from accessing or contributing to Wikiversity - not to mention creating a Chinese Wikiversity. We’ll have to see what happens - either from the top down or from the bottom up…