If Wikipedia was to start to do any lobbying for legislation,
a strict policy would need to be implemented so that any such
activities don't jeapardize its proposed 501(c)(3) tax exemption.
Alex756
From: "Jimmy Wales" <jwales(a)bomis.com>
While I'm sympathetic to the cause, I'm not
really comfortable with
Wikipedia per se taking part in a political act just because I (and
presumably a majority of wikipedians) happen to agree with it.
Suppose the next political protest we're asked to participate in is
pro-war? Or anti-war? Or whatever. Taking sides is something that
all of us have a moral responsibility to do as individuals, but
Wikipedia the encyclopedia is outside politics.