cleanfeed and wikipedia

[Roger Hayter]

In message <FF47A69E-BFCB-443C-AE4A-57C221F2BE42@batten.eu.org>, Ian 
Batten <igb@batten.eu.org> writes
>
>On 7 Dec 2008, at 00:37, James Fidell wrote:
>
>> It appears that the IWF have listed some wikipedia URLs, possibly
>> because one wikipedia page contained an image of the controversial
>> cover of the Scorpions "Virgin Killer" album and as a result UK ISPs
>> who use cleanfeed are proxying traffic to wikipedia's European 
>>servers.
>
>Well, if _that_ is the reason, it's a bit more complex.  I've got a BT 
>residential connection at home, which I presume is processed with 
>Cleanfeed, and it's quite happy to show me the Wikipedia page on the 
>album with the original cover.
>
>ian
>
Indeed, and that is on the Netherlands server, as I can't get 
wikimedia.org DNS servers to give me any other IP address for 
en.wikipedia.org than the Netherlands one. Not sure we can say what IWF 
*should* do anyway, as they appear to have no public accountability.
-- 
Roger Hayter