5.21.2.5. GitHub "This repository may contain objectionable content" (此仓库可能包含令人反感的内容)
GitHub has a veru little known feature called:
This repository may contain objectionable content
TODO exact Chinese phrase on UI.
When GitHub admins set this on a repository, it has the following effects:
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the repository cannot be seen by logged off users! Trying to do that results in a redirect. This puts such repositories at great disadvantage on search engine optimization
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the first time you visit the repository, they ask you if you want to continue
This is not a transparent mechanism, as it does not clearly state why the repository has objectionable content.
Known repositories with that enabled:
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duty-machine GitHub account (责任机器GitHub用户) as of August 2021 https://github.com/duty-machine/duty-machine:
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2021-08-18 Wayback Machine (web.archive.org, 网站时光机): redirects to login: https://web.archive.org/web/20210818110306/https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fduty-machine%2Fduty-machine
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2021-08-18 archive.today (archive.is): https://archive.ph/jtX4p shows the actual message since it uses a logged-in user for its archives
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https://github.com/Yanqiu-gui/-. Appears to be some kind of textual softporn repo.
TODO: Ciro Santilli (三西猴, anti-CCP fanatic, 反中共狂热, stupid cunt, 傻屄, CIA agent, CIA特工, 肏你妈的) once saw that message when visiting: https://github.com/Yanqiu-gui/-/issues/5 on 2021-05-19 for the first time, but not on the following ones.
How does that message get added exactly?
And you are forced you to login to view that repository!
Incredible, a hidden undocumented semi-hide-repo feature.
Here’s an archive: https://archive.ph/VJQdD That click wall also prevents archives of the repository therefore.
GitHub has a veru little known feature called:
This repository may contain objectionable content
TODO exact Chinese phrase on UI.
When GitHub admins set this on a repository, it has the following effects:
-
the repository cannot be seen by logged off users! Trying to do that results in a redirect. This puts such repositories at great disadvantage on search engine optimization
-
the first time you visit the repository, they ask you if you want to continue
This is not a transparent mechanism, as it does not clearly state why the repository has objectionable content.
Known repositories with that enabled:
-
duty-machine GitHub account (责任机器GitHub用户) as of August 2021 https://github.com/duty-machine/duty-machine:
-
2021-08-18 Wayback Machine (web.archive.org, 网站时光机): redirects to login: https://web.archive.org/web/20210818110306/https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fduty-machine%2Fduty-machine
-
2021-08-18 archive.today (archive.is): https://archive.ph/jtX4p shows the actual message since it uses a logged-in user for its archives
-
-
https://github.com/Yanqiu-gui/-. Appears to be some kind of textual softporn repo.
TODO: Ciro Santilli (三西猴, anti-CCP fanatic, 反中共狂热, stupid cunt, 傻屄, CIA agent, CIA特工, 肏你妈的) once saw that message when visiting: https://github.com/Yanqiu-gui/-/issues/5 on 2021-05-19 for the first time, but not on the following ones.
How does that message get added exactly?
And you are forced you to login to view that repository!
Incredible, a hidden undocumented semi-hide-repo feature.
Here’s an archive: https://archive.ph/VJQdD That click wall also prevents archives of the repository therefore.