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For context, see these two blog posts:
For context, see these two blog posts:
:"[[wmfblog:2014/08/06/wikipedia-pages-censored-in-european-search-results/|Wikipedia pages censored in European search results]]" <small>(by WMF General Counsel Geoff Brigham and Legal Counsel Michelle Paulson, August 6, 2014)</small>
:"[[wmfblog:2014/08/06/wikipedia-pages-censored-in-european-search-results/|Wikipedia pages censored in European search results]]" <small>(by Wikimedia Foundation General Counsel Geoff Brigham and Legal Counsel Michelle Paulson, August 6, 2014)</small>
:"[[wmfblog:2014/08/06/european-court-decision-punches-holes-in-free-knowledge/|European court decision punches holes in free knowledge]]" <small>(by WMF Executive Director Lila Tretikov, August 6, 2014)</small>
:"[[wmfblog:2014/08/06/european-court-decision-punches-holes-in-free-knowledge/|European court decision punches holes in free knowledge]]" <small>(by Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Lila Tretikov, August 6, 2014)</small>
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== Notices received from search engines ==
== Notices received from search engines ==
The information below details notices received by the Wikimedia Foundation when search engines intend to indefinitely remove links to Wikipedia articles and other online Wikimedia media content from their results. We have also received removal notices concerning other types of pages, such as discussion and user pages. The number of links removed for each type of page for which we have received removal notices can be found in the table below.
The information below details notices received by the Wikimedia Foundation when search engines intend to indefinitely remove links to Wikipedia articles and other online Wikimedia media content from their results. We have also received removal notices concerning other types of pages, such as discussion and user pages. The number of links removed for each type of page for which we have received removal notices can be found in the table below.
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Search engines do not inform delisted service providers (like us) what search terms we have been delisted for, or the reason for the delisting, so we do not know whether specific changes to the content might affect the delisting.
Search engines do not inform delisted service providers (like us) what search terms we have been delisted for, or the reason for the delisting, so we do not know whether specific changes to the content might affect the delisting.


We are not aware of other search engines’ processes or the number of requests they are receiving and granting. Search engines are not required by law to provide notices, so we appreciate the companies who share our commitment to free speech and transparency. Compelled censorship is unacceptable, but compelled censorship without notice is unforgivable.
We are not aware of other search engines' processes or the number of requests they are receiving and granting. Search engines are not required by law to provide notices, so we appreciate the companies who share our commitment to free speech and transparency. Compelled censorship is unacceptable, but compelled censorship without notice is unforgivable.


=== Content removal notices for all wikis ===
=== Content removal notices for all wikis ===
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!<small>Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2014
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!<small>Projects Affected
!<small>Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2020
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!<small>Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2024
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Fi7RTBF.pdf
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Fr28RTBF.pdf
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Fr34RTBF.pdf
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Fr36RTBF.pdf
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De31RTBF.pdf
De32RTBF.pdf
De33RTBF.pdf
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===Greek Wikipedia===
=== Greek Wikipedia ===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Gk1RTBF.pdf
File:Gk1RTBF.pdf
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===Hebrew Wikipedia===
=== Hebrew Wikipedia ===
<gallery>
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He1RTBF.pdf
He1RTBF.pdf
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===Indonesian Wikipedia ===
=== Indonesian Wikipedia ===
[[File:In1RTBF.pdf|194x194px]]
[[File:In1RTBF.pdf|194x194px]]


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IT13RTBF.pdf
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IT15RTBF.pdf
IT16RTBF.pdf
IT17RTBF.pdf
IT18RTBF.pdf
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ItWN1RTBF.pdf
ItWN1RTBF.pdf
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=== Malayalam Wikipedia ===
<gallery>
File:Kab01RTBF.pdf
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=== Norwegian Wikipedia ===
=== Norwegian Wikipedia ===
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=== Slovenian Wikipedia ===
<gallery>

File:Slov1RTBF.pdf

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=== Spanish Wikipedia ===
=== Spanish Wikipedia ===
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Es4RTBF.pdf
Es5RTBF.pdf
Es5RTBF.pdf
Es6RTBF.pdf
Es7RTBF.pdf
Es8RTBF.pdf

</gallery>
</gallery>


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<gallery>
<gallery>
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Tu01rtbf.pdf
</gallery>

=== Western Frisian ===
<gallery>
File:Wf01RTBF.pdf
File:Wf02RTBF.pdf
</gallery>

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=== Wikidata ===
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<gallery>
File:Wd01RTBF.pdf
</gallery>
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Commons14RTBF.pdf
Commons15RTBF.pdf
Commons15RTBF.pdf
Commons16RTBF.pdf
Commons17RTBF.pdf
Commons18RTBF.pdf


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=== Wikinews (English) ===
<gallery>
File:Wn01RTBF.pdf
File:Wn02RTBF.pdf
</gallery>

=== Wikinews (French) ===
<gallery>
File:WnFr01RTBF.pdf
</gallery>
</gallery>


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!<small>Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2016
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!<small>Notices Jan 1- June 30, 2017
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[[Category:Governance wiki]]
[[Category:Notices received from search engines| ]]
[[Category:Legal documentation]]
[[Category:Content not setup for translation]]

Revision as of 22:52, 21 March 2024

For context, see these two blog posts:

"Wikipedia pages censored in European search results" (by Wikimedia Foundation General Counsel Geoff Brigham and Legal Counsel Michelle Paulson, August 6, 2014)
"European court decision punches holes in free knowledge" (by Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Lila Tretikov, August 6, 2014)


Notices received from search engines

The information below details notices received by the Wikimedia Foundation when search engines intend to indefinitely remove links to Wikipedia articles and other online Wikimedia media content from their results. We have also received removal notices concerning other types of pages, such as discussion and user pages. The number of links removed for each type of page for which we have received removal notices can be found in the table below.

We do not know who requested each removal. Please note that the subject of the affected webpage may not be the individual or organization that made the underlying request -- we believe anyone can request the removal of a webpage from search results.

The community is, as always, free to exercise its editorial discretion and address the referred content as appropriate under community policies and practices. Search engines do not inform delisted service providers (like us) what search terms we have been delisted for, or the reason for the delisting, so we do not know whether specific changes to the content might affect the delisting.

We are not aware of other search engines' processes or the number of requests they are receiving and granting. Search engines are not required by law to provide notices, so we appreciate the companies who share our commitment to free speech and transparency. Compelled censorship is unacceptable, but compelled censorship without notice is unforgivable.

Content removal notices for all wikis


Projects Affected Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2014 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2014 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2015 Links removed Jan 1-June 30, 2015 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2015 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2015 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2016 Links removed Jan 1-June 30, 2016 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2016 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2016 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2017 Links removed June 1-June 30, 2017 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2017 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2017 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2018 Links removed Jan 1-June 30, 2018 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2018 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2018 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2019 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2019
Azerbaijani WP 1 1
Basque WP 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Bulgarian WP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Catalan WP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chinese WP 1 2
Croatian WP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Danish WP 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
Dutch WP 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 2 2
English WP 7 7 2 2 5 6 4 4 11 14 1 1 1 4 4 11 12 15 15
English Wikinews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Esperanto WP 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Finnish WP 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 2 2
French WP 5 5 4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 10 11
French Wikiquote 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
French Wikiversity 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
French Wikinews 1 1
German WP 6 7 5 5 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 7 7
German Wikisource 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greek Wikpedia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Hebrew WP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hungarian WP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Indonesian WP 1 1
Italian WP 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 5 5 5 5
Italian Wikinews 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Malayalam WP 1 1
Norwegian WP 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3
Polish WP 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Romanian WP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serbian WP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Slovak WP 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Slovenian WP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Spanish WP 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Turkish Wikipedia 1 1
Wiki Commons 7 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 7 3 3 1 1
Swedish WP 1 1
Western Frisian 2 2
Wikidata 1 1
Wikimedia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wikinews 2 2
Totals 44 48 16 16 16 17 12 12 19 22 12 12 12 29 34 35 36 51 52


Projects Affected Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2020 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2020 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2020 Links removed Jan 1-June 30, 2020 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2021 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2021 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2021 Links removed Jan 1-June 30, 2021 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2022 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2022 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2022 Links removed June 1-June 30, 2022 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2023 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2023 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2023 Links removed Jan 1-June 30, 2023 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2024 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2024 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2024 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2024
Azerbaijani WP
Basque WP
Bulgarian WP
Catalan WP
Chinese WP
Croatian WP
Danish WP
Dutch WP
English WP
English Wikinews
Esperanto WP
Finnish WP
French WP
French Wikiquote
French Wikiversity
French Wikinews
German WP
German Wikisource
Greek Wikpedia
Hebrew WP
Hungarian WP
Indonesian WP
Italian WP
Italian Wikinews
Malayalam WP
Norwegian WP
Polish WP
Romanian WP
Serbian WP
Slovak WP
Slovenian WP
Spanish WP
Turkish Wikipedia
Wiki Commons
Swedish WP
Western Frisian
Wikidata
Wikimedia
Wikinews
Totals

English Wikipedia

Azerbaijani Wikipedia

Basque Wikipedia

Chinese Wikipedia

Croatian Wikipedia

Danish Wikipedia

Dutch Wikipedia

Finnish Wikipedia

French Wikipedia

French Wikiversity

Esperanto Wikipedia

German Wikipedia

Greek Wikipedia

Hebrew Wikipedia

Hungarian Wikipedia

Indonesian Wikipedia

Italian Wikipedia

Italian Wikinews


Malayalam Wikipedia


Norwegian Wikipedia

Polish Wikipedia

Romanian Wikipedia

Serbian Wikipedia

Slovak Wikipedia

Slovenian Wikipedia


Spanish Wikipedia

Swedish Wikipedia

Turkish Wikipedia

Western Frisian


Wikidata


Wikimedia Commons

Wikinews (English)

Wikinews (French)

Non content removal notices for all wikis

Other types of pages removed from search results Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2014 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2014 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2015 Links removed Jan 1-June 30, 2015 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2015 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2015 Notices Jan 1-June 30, 2016 Links removed Jan 1-June 30, 2016 Notices July 1-Dec 31, 2016 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2016 Notices Jan 1- June 30, 2017 Links removed Jan 1 - June 30, 2017 Notices July 1 - Dec 31, 2017 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2017 Notices Jan 1- June 30, 2018 Links removed Jan 1 - June 30, 2018 Notices July 1 - Dec 31, 2018 Links removed July 1-Dec 31, 2018 Notices Jan 1- June 30, 2019 Links removed Jan 1 - June 30, 2019
Discussion pages 6 7 3 3 1 1 6 6 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 7 4 4 8 8
Governance pages (e.g., Requests for deletion pages, Arbcom cases, etc.) 6 58 5 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 8 8 3 3 3 3
User pages 8 11 5 5 4 4 2 3 5 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 10 10
Totals 20 76 13 16 6 6 9 10 8 9 8 8 9 9 11 16 9 9 21 21
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