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NEW DELHI – The New Delhi High Court has warned Wikipedia that if she doesn’t adjust to an order of his that ordered her to make public the names of three of her authors, she may flip to the authorities why are you blocking entry from India to the favored on-line encyclopedia. According to the newspaper «The Hindu“, during a hearing held on Thursday, the Court reportedly addressed Wikipedia representatives saying: “ If you don’t like India, please don’t work in India “, “in the event you don't like India, please don't work in India.”

At the centre of the story is the page dedicated by Wikipedia to Asian News International (Ani)an Indian news agency considered contiguous to the governmentThe incriminating passage reads: “ANI has been accused of getting lent itself to enjoying the position of propaganda software for the federal government in workplace, distributing supplies from a big community of internet sites pretend information and misreporting occasions on a number of events.”

Ani took Wikipedia to court on charges of defamationdisputed the “propaganda tool” definition and argued that its attempts to edit the page's content to reflect “true and correct facts supported by reliable sources» had a short life, after which they were reintroduced «i false and defamatory content previously published».

In a press release the Wikimedia Foundation explained that “the knowledge contained within the web page about Ani is supported by a number of secondary sources”, including the BBC e Politicowhich are free to be consulted and that the article in question is currently in a status of «extended confirmed protection» which means it can only be modified by users with account created by at least 30 days and with 500 interventions previous on the platform. «A preventive measure – the press release states – taken to reduce the risk that Wikipedia articles are vandalized. Experienced users can continue to improve it.”