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kdamken on March 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The 451 status code is now supported

What a hilarious misuse of power. I hope my country doesn't piss off wikipedia or something.

SilasX on March 18, 2016 [–]

And misuse of status code too. Rejecting a country because you had a bad experience with them should just be the general 403 Forbidden.

CalRobert on March 18, 2016 | | [–]

Would've been better to use 418 if he was just being petty.

jessaustin on March 18, 2016 | | [–]

The motivation for censorship doesn't really change the result. 451 is at least more honest than 403 would have been.

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