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Wikipedia Blocks Qatar [Updated]
GrumpySimon writes "Wikipedia has blocked the entire country of Qatar from editing pages. Whilst the ban is due to spam-abuse coming from the IP address in question, the fact that this belongs to the country's sole high-speed internet provider has the unintended consequence of stopping Qataris from editing the wiki. The ban has raised concerns about impartiality — the majority of Al Jazeera journalists operate out of Qatar, for example. This raises a number of issues about internet connectivity in small countries — what other internet bottlenecks like this exist?" Update: 01/02 13:32 GMT by Z : Jim Wales wrote in the comments that the story is 'completely false'. Either way, the ban has been lifted and anonymous editing is once again possible from Qatar.
Listen retard. Wikipedia only blocked anonymous editing. If those from Qatar who were blocked (i.e., never took the time to login) really want to edit it then they simply need to subscribe to a wikipedia account, login and then they are free to edit whatever they wish.
On a side note, your bitchy brainfart about what wikipedia should or should not allow is wikipedia's default policy since... ever.
At least try to get a clue about what wikipedia is before trying to write anything about that. Retard.