Monday marks four years (hard to believe) since the PIPA protests. Should we post the attached photo with the straight-forward verbiage:
Facebook:
On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites joined other Internet sites in protesting the PIPA and SOPA legislation by staging a "blackout" of service for 24 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations
Twitter:
On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites blacked out for 24 hours to protest PIPA and SOPA legislation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations
Welcome your thoughts. It seems to me its an important part of our history, but I wasn't here. (At Storify we stayed up because many wanted our service to help chronicle the protests.)
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
I think this is an excellent idea.
One quick edit, it was just the “English-language Wikipedia” that did the blackout and not “Wikipedias”. Other projects and languages posted banners, but only enWP went full black out for 24 hours.
I think it would be great to get this tweeted from WP and retweeted from WM and WM-PublicPolicy (although I’m not sure who controls that account).
-greg
On Jan 18, 2016, at 2:10 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Monday marks four years (hard to believe) since the PIPA protests. Should we post the attached photo with the straight-forward verbiage:
Facebook:
On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites joined other Internet sites in protesting the PIPA and SOPA legislation by staging a "blackout" of service for 24 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations
Twitter:
On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites blacked out for 24 hours to protest PIPA and SOPA legislation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations
Welcome your thoughts. It seems to me its an important part of our history, but I wasn't here. (At Storify we stayed up because many wanted our service to help chronicle the protests.)
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 tel:704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/<1024px-Wikipedia_Blackout_Screen.jpg>_______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
I think this is an excellent idea.
One quick edit, it was just the “English-language Wikipedia” that did the blackout and not “Wikipedias”. Other projects and languages posted banners, but only enWP went full black out for 24 hours.
Italy did it first, sort of, not for SOPA. It's on the shirt!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA#Wikimedia_commu...
I think it would be great to get this tweeted from WP and retweeted from WM and WM-PublicPolicy (although I’m not sure who controls that account).
-greg
On Jan 18, 2016, at 2:10 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Monday marks four years (hard to believe) since the PIPA protests. Should we post the attached photo with the straight-forward verbiage:
Facebook:
On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites joined other Internet sites in protesting the PIPA and SOPA legislation by staging a "blackout" of service for 24 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations
Twitter:
On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites blacked out for 24 hours to protest PIPA and SOPA legislation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations
Welcome your thoughts. It seems to me its an important part of our history, but I wasn't here. (At Storify we stayed up because many wanted our service to help chronicle the protests.)
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/ <1024px-Wikipedia_Blackout_Screen.jpg> _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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Jeff-
You can share both this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Wikipedia_Blackout_S...
And
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_blackout_in_p...
As I shot them both. The top one was a media of the day. The bottom one was just hours before launch.
On Jan 18, 2016, at 1:38 AM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote: I think this is an excellent idea.
One quick edit, it was just the “English-language Wikipedia” that did the blackout and not “Wikipedias”. Other projects and languages posted banners, but only enWP went full black out for 24 hours.
Italy did it first, sort of, not for SOPA. It's on the shirt!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA#Wikimedia_commu...
I think it would be great to get this tweeted from WP and retweeted from WM and WM-PublicPolicy (although I’m not sure who controls that account).
-greg
On Jan 18, 2016, at 2:10 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Monday marks four years (hard to believe) since the PIPA protests. Should we post the attached photo with the straight-forward verbiage:
Facebook:
On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites joined other Internet sites in protesting the PIPA and SOPA legislation by staging a "blackout" of service for 24 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations
Twitter:
On this day in 2012, English-language Wikipedia sites blacked out for 24 hours to protest PIPA and SOPA legislation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act#Companies_and_organizations
Welcome your thoughts. It seems to me its an important part of our history, but I wasn't here. (At Storify we stayed up because many wanted our service to help chronicle the protests.)
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder @wikipedia The Wikimedia blog <1024px-Wikipedia_Blackout_Screen.jpg>_______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
Jeff-
You can share both this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Wikipedia_Blackout_S...
Witness me in the upper right hand corner of the screen when "it" happens not looking up at all (and not doing so for the next 20-30 minutes) because we had lots of bugs (such as accidentally blacking out Simple English Wikipedia as well which hadn't voted to black out + other problems). As usual, you don't find everything until you go live ;).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_blackout_in_p...
As I shot them both. The top one was a media of the day. The bottom one was just hours before launch.
Personally I'd lean towards using the photo rather then the video. The video has a bit of a "celebration" feel that turns some off (we're celebrating shutting down our site etc.) including both staff and community from the time. While that feeling is certainly not universal (many still feel it was a celebratory moment) I'd lean away from it if possible.
James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
The photo has a real "war room" feel about it that works really well.
Disclaimer: I was (and still am, really) opposed to blacking out the site for political reasons. But I do think it's a major event in our history that we could reshare.
On 18 January 2016 at 10:47, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
Jeff-
You can share both this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Wikipedia_Blackout_S...
Witness me in the upper right hand corner of the screen when "it" happens not looking up at all (and not doing so for the next 20-30 minutes) because we had lots of bugs (such as accidentally blacking out Simple English Wikipedia as well which hadn't voted to black out + other problems). As usual, you don't find everything until you go live ;).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_blackout_in_p...
As I shot them both. The top one was a media of the day. The bottom one was just hours before launch.
Personally I'd lean towards using the photo rather then the video. The video has a bit of a "celebration" feel that turns some off (we're celebrating shutting down our site etc.) including both staff and community from the time. While that feeling is certainly not universal (many still feel it was a celebratory moment) I'd lean away from it if possible.
James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
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...Oops, seems my reply is about 24 hours too late. ;)
On 19 January 2016 at 11:48, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
The photo has a real "war room" feel about it that works really well.
Disclaimer: I was (and still am, really) opposed to blacking out the site for political reasons. But I do think it's a major event in our history that we could reshare.
On 18 January 2016 at 10:47, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
Jeff-
You can share both this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Wikipedia_Blackout_S...
Witness me in the upper right hand corner of the screen when "it" happens not looking up at all (and not doing so for the next 20-30 minutes) because we had lots of bugs (such as accidentally blacking out Simple English Wikipedia as well which hadn't voted to black out + other problems). As usual, you don't find everything until you go live ;).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_-_blackout_in_p...
As I shot them both. The top one was a media of the day. The bottom one was just hours before launch.
Personally I'd lean towards using the photo rather then the video. The video has a bit of a "celebration" feel that turns some off (we're celebrating shutting down our site etc.) including both staff and community from the time. While that feeling is certainly not universal (many still feel it was a celebratory moment) I'd lean away from it if possible.
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