This policy is known to cause difficulty for some editors , who must use open proxies to circumvent censorship where they live ; for example , citizens of the People 's Republic of China , from which access to the Chinese language edition of Wikipedia is currently blocked by the government 's Golden Shield Project . This policy is known to cause difficulty for some editors , who must use open proxies to circumvent censorship where they live ; for example , citizens of the People 's Republic of China , from which access to the Chinese language edition of Wikipedia is often blocked by the government 's Golden Shield Project .