Governments have ways of making themselves difficult to ignore.

Do they? What is the administrative division of governance in Liechtenstein?

I don't know, and you might, but we mostly live blissfully unaware in the undergirding bueracracy that surrounds us.

And if Liechtenstein calls for my head for saying that I know nothing about them, fantastic. I'll still never hear about it. The have no power where I am.

But a government threatens an internationally beloved and fundamental institution built by the volunteering work of individuals across the globe for the pure love of sharing knowledge because it accurately made a statement? The Indian high court may as well allow universal atrocities for all the respect for sovereignty it will generate at home and abroad.

A market with billions of users is a bit different than Liechtenstein

The economy is not the government, and banning sites clearly doesn't work well.

Liechtenstein is a member of interpol, so if they have a warrant for your arrest, that might actually be a problem for you, even if you are not going there.

Since I am not in any eurozone, I am outside of Interpol's reach, and even if I am enemy #1 in Liechtenstein no one would care. Interpol is still bound by international law and budget constraints. An arrest warrant looks fine and scary when issued by another country but extradition costs money even when there are agreements in place. I might be some minor value as a trading token between my locale and Liechtenstein, so my game to beat is to be more valuable to my locale than as a trading pawn. That's a pretty easy target.

> Since I am not in any eurozone, I am outside of Interpol's reach

Interpol has 196 member states.

Is this some strange fantasy roleplay?

If you go murder someone in Liechtenstein, there are only a small handful of places in the world where you are not guaranteed to be arrested and extradited back to Liechtenstein to face trial, at their government's request, should it ask and should you be found.

In that small handful of places, it's still a crapshoot.

Extradition costs are generally paid by the interested state, by the way.

You're missing the point. The parent comment isn't talking about murder but "defaming" someone on fucking Wikipedia. Even if Liechtenstein takes a big issue with this to the point of extradition, the government of wherever the parent commenter lives likely will not allow it.

And yeah, it is a fantasy because Liechtenstein isn't a backwards and stupid place like India is.

Usually the worst that happens for services in foreign countries is that they get blocked, and wikipedia will survive not being accessible in India.

If the choice is between revealing editors and exiting India altogether, doesn't seem like a hard choice. The people in India will suffer without Wikipedia, but most have VPNs to access blocked sites anyways.

People existed before Wikipedia so it's not a big deal if it's gone

Wikimedia India is an independent nonprofit, with executives in India who could be held in contempt by the Indian courts.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India

Wikimedia India has nothing to do with the operation of Wikipedia.org and does not appear to be a party to the case. It is just a local wikipedia editors club.