Wikimedia-l January 2012

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[Foundation-l] Error at Special:CongressLookup
by David Levy 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

[crossposted to Foundation-l and WikiEN-l] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup Can someone please change "zip code" to "ZIP code" again? (This error was corrected in the blackout notice yesterday.) I haven't managed to get anyone's attention via the IRC channels. Thanks! David Levy

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[Foundation-l] Blackout notice errors (English Wikipedia)
by David Levy 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

[crossposted to Foundation-l and WikiEN-l] Can someone please correct the following errors in the English Wikipedia's blackout notice? internet -> Internet zip code -> ZIP code Thanks! (I apologize if this message appears twice. My fist attempt appeared unsuccessful.) David Levy

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[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (PRESS RELEASE) Wikipedia blackout affirms overwhelming support for free and open Internet
by Jay Walsh 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

(Also posted at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_blackout_suppo… ) *Wikipedia blackout affirms overwhelming support for free and open Internet *Millions “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” and act to oppose SOPA/PIPA San Francisco, CA - January 19, 2012 -- Over the course of 24 hours on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 162 million people experienced the Wikipedia blackout landing page -- an unprecedented, historic shuttering of the largest repository of free knowledge in the world. More than 8 million U.S. readers looked up their Congressional representatives through Wikipedia to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) -- proposed U.S. legislation that, if passed, will harm the free and open Internet. The protest drew worldwide attention to SOPA and PIPA, legislation that had previously been cast as a battle between powerful corporate interests. Before the blackout, the bills were poised to sail through Congress with bi-partisan support. But after the public joined the debate on Wednesday, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle declared their opposition and made passage of the current bills much less likely. “The Wikipedia blackout is over and the public has spoken,” said Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director. “162 million of you saw our blackout page asking if you could imagine a world without free knowledge. You said no. You shut down the Congressional switchboards, and you melted their servers. Your voice was loud and strong.” Immediately after the blackout started, #factswithoutwikipedia, #sopastrike, and “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” trended worldwide on Twitter. In the first hour of the blackout, #wikipediablackout constituted 1% of all tweets. More than 12,000 people posted comments of support on the Wikimedia Foundation’s blog post announcing the blackout. For Wikipedia, this fight has never been about money, but about knowledge. As a community of authors, editors, photographers, and programmers, Wikipedians invite everyone to share and build upon the work already begun. In a little over a decade, Wikipedians have built the largest encyclopedia in human history. Wikipedia’s mission is to empower and engage people to document the sum of all human knowledge, and to make it available to all humanity, in perpetuity. The Internet has enabled creativity, knowledge, and innovation to shine. As Wikipedia and other websites went dark, readers directed their energy to protecting the free and open Internet. We thank our readers for their support. *About the Wikimedia Foundation* http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Media Contact: Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release) Wikipedia blackout affirms overwhelming support for free and open Internet
by Jay Walsh 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

(Also posted at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_blackout_suppo… ) *Wikipedia blackout affirms overwhelming support for free and open Internet *Millions “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” and act to oppose SOPA/PIPA San Francisco, CA - January 19, 2012 -- Over the course of 24 hours on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 162 million people experienced the Wikipedia blackout landing page -- an unprecedented, historic shuttering of the largest repository of free knowledge in the world. More than 8 million U.S. readers looked up their Congressional representatives through Wikipedia to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) -- proposed U.S. legislation that, if passed, will harm the free and open Internet. The protest drew worldwide attention to SOPA and PIPA, legislation that had previously been cast as a battle between powerful corporate interests. Before the blackout, the bills were poised to sail through Congress with bi-partisan support. But after the public joined the debate on Wednesday, members of Congress on both sides of the aisle declared their opposition and made passage of the current bills much less likely. “The Wikipedia blackout is over and the public has spoken,” said Sue Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director. “162 million of you saw our blackout page asking if you could imagine a world without free knowledge. You said no. You shut down the Congressional switchboards, and you melted their servers. Your voice was loud and strong.” Immediately after the blackout started, #factswithoutwikipedia, #sopastrike, and “Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge” trended worldwide on Twitter. In the first hour of the blackout, #wikipediablackout constituted 1% of all tweets. More than 12,000 people posted comments of support on the Wikimedia Foundation’s blog post announcing the blackout. For Wikipedia, this fight has never been about money, but about knowledge. As a community of authors, editors, photographers, and programmers, Wikipedians invite everyone to share and build upon the work already begun. In a little over a decade, Wikipedians have built the largest encyclopedia in human history. Wikipedia’s mission is to empower and engage people to document the sum of all human knowledge, and to make it available to all humanity, in perpetuity. The Internet has enabled creativity, knowledge, and innovation to shine. As Wikipedia and other websites went dark, readers directed their energy to protecting the free and open Internet. We thank our readers for their support. *About the Wikimedia Foundation *http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. Media Contact: Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org (To be unsubscribed from this list please reply with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line) _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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[Foundation-l] Stewards keeping editing rights on en.wiki for "emergency edits"... yeah...
by K. Peachey 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Can someone remind me, Which ones of these are emergency edits? (Plain text format: <http://pastie.org/private/2xom9n0uxeoeodmksokxbw>) N 19:15 User:Leinad/common.js‎ (diff | hist) . . (+37) . . Leinad (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'function insertBanner(a) { return; }') 19:15 User:Darkoneko/monobook.css‎‎ (2 changes | hist) . . (+330) . . [Darkoneko‎ (2×)] 19:15 (cur | prev) . . (+401) . . Darkoneko (talk | contribs) (god, the default diff colors are totally unreadable.) 16:34 (cur | prev) . . (-71) . . Darkoneko (talk | contribs) N 19:13 User:Darkoneko/monobook.js‎ (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . Darkoneko (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'function insertBanner(a) { return; }') N 19:09 User:Leinad/monobook.css‎‎ (2 changes | hist) . . (+34) . . [Leinad‎ (2×)] 19:09 (cur | prev) . . (+3) . . Leinad (talk | contribs) N 18:59 (cur | prev) . . (+31) . . Leinad (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '#sopaOverlay { display: none; }') 18:02 (User creation log) . . Prodego (talk | contribs) created new account User:SOPAonWheels! (BECAUSE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE) 17:52 Wikipedia:SOPA initiative/Action‎‎ (2 changes | hist) . . (0) . . [Matanya‎; PeterSymonds‎] m 17:52 (cur | prev) . . (0) . . PeterSymonds (talk | contribs) (Reverted edits by Matanya (talk) to last version by NuclearWarfare) 17:51 (cur | prev) . . (0) . . Matanya (talk | contribs) (fix warp) 17:38 Ariel (city)‎ (diff | hist) . . (+40) . . Matanya (talk | contribs) (+commonscat) N 16:50 User:Wikitanvir/common.css‎ (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . Wikitanvir (talk | contribs) (+) 16:50 User:Wikitanvir/vector.css‎ (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Wikitanvir (talk | contribs) (+) 16:49 User:Wikitanvir/vector.js‎ (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Wikitanvir (talk | contribs) (+) N 16:47 User:Wikitanvir/common.js‎ (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . Wikitanvir (talk | contribs) (Create) 16:41 User:Bencmq/common.js‎ (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . Bencmq (talk | contribs) 16:35 (Deletion log)‎ . . [28bytes‎; Nyttend‎ (5×)] 16:35 . . 28bytes (talk | contribs) changed revision visibility of "I'm Not the One": restored content for 1 revision (RD6: Non-contentious housekeeping, RevDel corrections, notes, conversion: restore 1 revision w/o copyright issues) 16:34 . . Nyttend (talk | contribs) changed revision visibility of "Logan Hayes": removed content for 340 revisions (RD1: Blatant copyright violations) 16:29 . . Nyttend (talk | contribs) changed revision visibility of "Logan Hayes": removed content for 266 revisions (RD1: Blatant copyright violations: A pity the developers haven't given us an Invert option; it would make things substantially quicker) 16:24 . . Nyttend (talk | contribs) changed revision visibility of "Logan Hayes": removed content for 172 revisions (RD1: Blatant copyright violations) 16:13 . . Nyttend (talk | contribs) changed the visibility of one or more entries in the (Deletion log): restored username for 1 entry (Test complete) 16:12 . . Nyttend (talk | contribs) changed the visibility of one or more entries in the (Deletion log): removed username for 1 entry (Is it possible to do RevDel when Wikipedia is engaging in blatant WP:POINT violations?) N 16:32 User:Bencmq/common.css‎ (diff | hist) . . (+31) . . Bencmq (talk | contribs) (←Created page with '#sopaOverlay { display: none; }') 16:11 Stop Online Piracy Act‎ (diff | hist) . . (-38) . . Steven (WMF) (talk | contribs) (it's not going to be affected if no one can edit... let's let the article speak for itself for 24 hours) 16:10 Main Page‎ (diff | hist) . . (-3) . . Ryan Kaldari (talk | contribs) (grammar fix) 16:03 User:Avraham/common.css‎ (diff | hist) . . (+33) . . Avraham (talk | contribs) (+2)

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Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012
by Béria Lima 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

FW on request. _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 18 January 2012 17:07, Tiffany Smith <tiffany.lmb.smith(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Call for Participation - Wikimania 2012 > > To submit a proposal, visit: > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions > > Important Dates > Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 March 2012 > Notification of acceptance: 8 April 2012 > > Overview > Wikimania conferences provide unique opportunities for the wiki > community and its sister projects (including Wikipedia, Wikibooks, > Wikinews, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikimedia) > to come together, share their common goals, and develop better ways to > work together on an international level. The Wikimania 2012 program > structure is designed to create multiple opportunities for conference > participants to actively engage with the subject matter, the > environment, and, most importantly, each other. Washington, D.C, can > play an important role in Wikimania 2012 as a locale that gathers > interest in government, culture, media, and academia around the > general goals of the Wikimania conference series. > > In accordance with these goals and themes, the program will include > traditional conference offerings such as paper presentations, > tutorials, panels, and poster sessions; provide lounge space and > breaks throughout for participants to gather; and innovate with an > unconference day for attendees to design their own schedule and > participation around common interests. Submissions will be reviewed > and selected in advance by the program committee. Attendees are > welcome to present in the open space track of the conference, > regardless of whether their submitted presentations were accepted. > > The eigth annual Wikimania will be held between 12th and 14th July, > 2012 in Washington D.C. For more information, please visit the main > site. > > Presentation length > Due to the extensive amount of program submissions received in the > previous years, we request your presentation be a maximum of 25 > minutes, including time for questions. You may request more time, > though shorter individual presentations are more likely to be > accepted. > > This does not apply for keynote speakers, panels, or workshops. 70 > minute presentations must be submitted either as panel presentations > to include at least three presenters or as workshops with a clear > lesson plan. > > Tracks > Tracks are used by Wikimania to organize submissions and diversify > audiences so that presentations of competing interest do not have time > conflicts. Five tracks are proposed: > > Wikis and the Public Sector > The Washington, DC, location for Wikimania 2012 provides a special > opportunity for those working in the social good, policy, government, > nonprofit, and disaster response arenas to share their experience with > collaboration on a local, national, or international level. Wikis and > complementary technologies are proving to be critical in times of > crisis and in ongoing work with citizen participation in government, > as well as in long-term goals for education, public policy, social > entrepreneurship, and development in the global south and throughout > the world. This track will explore the ways that Wikimedia projects > and related activities can be used to support citizens worldwide. > > GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums > This track aims to support current outreach to Galleries, Libraries, > Archives, and Museums and build enthusiasm for continued work in this > area. Presentations and panels will demonstrate effective outreach > techniques and results from ongoing activities as well as envision the > future path for these efforts. Topics of particular interest to this > track may include: wiki technology as a tool for cultural > preservation; use of wikis by museums and libraries for information > management for the public good; legal and copyright issues; use of > content in GLAM projects, education, journalism and research; > conflicts between different laws that apply to the same wiki system > simultaneously. This track may also incorporate “field trips” before, > after, or during the evenings of the conference to visit Washington, > D.C., organizations. > > WikiCulture and Community > Why do people contribute to Wikimedia projects? How might the > community grow and expand while retaining its inherent cultural ethos? > This track will explore the sociology of wiki culture and community > and provide a forum for practitioners and researchers to share > insights and best practices for community management, engagement, > participation, and conflict resolution. The assessment of different > wiki cultures and demonstration of clashes and effects of those > interactions between wiki communities and chapters is relevant to this > track. A special focus will be a discussion of gaps between different > community groups, most notably related to gender and age; within this > context, submissions related to female and teenage participation, > representative roles within the community, and the use of wikis as a > tool for different gender and age group dialogues, are strongly > encouraged. > > Research, Analysis, and Education > The scope of research and analysis on wikis has grown significantly in > recent years, and wikis are rapidly being introduced to educational > institutions in the course of teaching and more formally through the > Campus Ambassador Program. The scholarly atmosphere of the selected > venue creates a special opportunity for researchers working in this > area to present papers and panels to a well-informed audience. > Subjects associated with the research component of this track can > include a diverse range of topics including: technical development, > philosophy and the humanities, communications, community management > and collaboration, information science, and a broad range of other > areas. The practitioner side of this track can include: expert > participation and inviting expert contributions; Wikiversity and other > higher education wikis; wiki sources deployed and implemented in > academia and research practice; approaches to the improvement of > collaboration in research institutions and universities; and > contribution to content quality, among other areas. > > Technology and Infrastructure > Technology and infrastructure play essential roles in the success of > Wikimedia projects and other uses of wiki technology. This track will > incorporate research and practice to showcase technology applications > and theories, demonstrate new uses of existing and evolving > technologies, and focus on applying technologies to meet user needs > and improve the overall user experience. Issues and areas particularly > of note in this track include: OTRS, MediaWiki development, semantic > wikis, wiki-based Augmented Reality (AR), the use of QR codes, > Wikipedia on mobile devices, Wikipedia offline, User Interface Design, > WikiLove, Liquid Thread and related technical focus points. > > Lounge Space Presentations > All proposals and presentations will be welcome in the Lounge space of > the conference, whether or not they are accepted in this initial > process. > > If you have any questions, please contact: > > Tiffany Smith > Program Committee Chair, Wikimania 2012 > tiffany.lmb.smith(a)gmail.com > > Thank you very much for your consideration, and we look forward to > seeing you at Wikimania 2012 in Washington, DC. > > http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >

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[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Translations of December 2011 Wikimedia Highlights available in Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese), Nederlands (Dutch), Norsk/bokmål (Norwegian),‬ 日本語 ‎(Japanese), Italiano ‎(Italian)‎, Suomi (Finnish), Deutsch ‎(German)‎, Dansk (Danish)
by Tilman Bayer 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

This is to draw attention to the translations that have been made available for the December 2011 "Wikimedia Highlights" - combining some of the most relevant information from the Wikimedia Foundation Report and the Wikimedia engineering report for December 2011 with a selection of other important events from the Wikimedia movement. Help is welcome in spreading the translated versions among the project communities for these languages, where this has not already been done. Many thanks to all translators! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011/da Hovedpunkter fra Wikimedia Foundations månedsrapport og Wikimedias tekniske rapport for december 2011 med et udvalg af andre betydningsfulde hændelser i Wikimedia-bevægelsen https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011/de Highlights aus dem Wikimedia Foundation Report und dem Wikimedia engineering report für Dezember 2011, mit einer Auswahl anderer wichtiger Ereignisse aus der Wikimedia-Bewegung https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011/fi Kohokohdat Wikimedia Foundationin raportista ja Wikimedian ohjelmistotuotantoraportista joulukuussa 2011 sekä kuukauden muut tärkeät tapahtumut Wikimedia-liikkeessä https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011/it Punti salienti dal rapporto della Wikimedia Foundation e dal rapporto ingegneristico Wikimedia di dicembre 2011, con una selezione di altre importanti iniziative dagli eventi di Wikimedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011/ja 2011年12月のウィキメディア財団報告書及びウィキメディア技報の抄録ほかウィキメディア運動の重要行事について https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011/nb Høydepunkter fra Wikimedia Foundations rapport og Wikimedias tekniske avdelings rapport for desember 2011, med et utvalg av andre viktige hendelser fra Wikimedia-bevegelsen https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011/nl Hoogtepunten uit de Wikimedia Foundationrapportage en de Wikimedia technische rapportage voor december 2011, aangevuld met een selectie van andere belangrijke gebeurtenissen binnen de Wikimediabeweging. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011/vi Những điểm nổi bật từ Bản báo cáo Wikimedia Foundation và phản hồi kỹ thuật Wikimedia vào tháng 12 năm 2011, bao gồm các sự kiện quan trọng khác của phong trào Wikimedia You will also find partial translations into French and Polish linked at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_December_2011. Suggestions for notable items to cover in the short selection of the most important movement news in the upcoming Highlights issue are welcome until the beginning of January, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights . Also a quick note that on the suggestion of users Timeshifter and Buster Keaton, we have started a (still experimental) global subscription service for the "Wikimedia Highlights", similar to that of the Signpost. If you would like to receive a summary message delivered to your user talk page on any Wikimedia project right after each issue is published, add yourself to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikimedia_H… (at the moment this is for the English original, but eventually subscription should become available for the translated versions as well). -- Tilman Bayer Movement Communications Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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[Foundation-l] Protest Progress
by Marc Riddell 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/technology/web-protests-piracy-bill-and-2- key-senators-change-course.html?_r=1&nl=afternoonupdate&emc=aua2 MR

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[Foundation-l] Now you've done it: You've made stupid people cry
by Svip 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Well, I hope you people are happy with blocking access to the English Wikipedia. http://gawker.com/5877192/stupid-high-school-kids-and-teachers-freak-out-ov… Now people can't finish their reports! Particularly considering I am getting the feeling that the US government already banned Wikipedia. Forever. >From a concerned citizen, Svip

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[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA
by Jay Walsh 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

*English Wikipedia to go dark January 18 in opposition to SOPA/PIPA * San Francisco -- January 16, 2012 -- On January 18, 2012, in an unprecedented decision, the Wikipedia community has chosen to blackout the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours, in protest against proposed legislation in the United States — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States. Wikipedia administrators confirmed this decision Monday afternoon (PST) in a public statement ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Action#Summary_and_c… ): Over the course of the past 72 hours, over 1800 Wikipedians have joined together to discuss proposed actions that the community might wish to take against SOPA and PIPA. This is by far the largest level of participation in a community discussion ever seen on Wikipedia, which illustrates the level of concern that Wikipedians feel about this proposed legislation. The overwhelming majority of participants support community action to encourage greater public action in response to these two bills. Of the proposals considered by Wikipedians, those that would result in a "blackout" of the English Wikipedia, in concert with similar blackouts on other websites opposed to SOPA and PIPA, received the strongest support. “Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation," said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. "This is an extraordinary action for our community to take - and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world." We urge Wikipedia readers to make your voices heard. If you live in the United States, find your elected representative in Washington ( https://www.eff.org/sopacall). If you live outside the United States, contact your State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and want the internet to remain open and free. *About the Wikimedia Foundation *http://wikimediafoundation.org http://blog.wikimedia.org The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation receive more than 474 million unique visitors per month, making them the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November 2011). Available in 282 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 20 million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. *Media Contact: * Jay Walsh Head of Communications Wikimedia Foundation Tel. +1 415 839 6885 x 6609 jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org (To be removed from this mailing list, please reply with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line) _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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