This seems interesting at best when you provide links to articles in the Arabic statement and did not do so at the translated statement in English. The intention seems more interesting when there are no discussions and/or something similar to a media pack/explanation note for an act of this size. I don't know if the Human Rights and/or the Advocacy Team was notified or involved in this, but the execution needs to be improved. When you would want carry out advocacy right then there should be a call to action for what readers should do if they support the cause, an article or a letter explaining to the affected why this needs to be done (the "Stop Genocide/War" slogan is not enough), and a page documenting all these documents and/or further readings. Slapping a shutdown notice on the main page + a banner (that is basically the same) does not serve this purpose for rallying support for your cause. Undeniably, to execute this closure requires a major support from the members of the community, but the current form seems to be executed in a way that will not generate the publicity it deserves (even if you support/oppose the shutdown). (Note: this War and all the atrocity should and must end as soon as possible (preferably with an executable plan for lasting peace) and the perpetrators should be investigated and prosecuted while the affected should be compensated, and all should mourn the innocent lives lost) Regards, William On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 at 00:04, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Never again is always. Cheers, Peter -----Original Message----- From: Ziko van Dijk [mailto:zvandijk@gmail.com] Sent: 23 December 2023 19:54 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Arabic Wikipedia day of action Hello, I am most sure that 99,9% of German Wikipedians are aware what was necessary to end World War II: destroying the National Socialist German Workers' Party. With Hitler or another party member being in rule, peace was impossible. (I say this with my mother''s family having been refugees, and my father's family having suffered from the Allied bombings.) Eventually, the civil society of Germany understood how the war and all its consequences came into existence: "Because we gave in 1933 power to the wrong people." The inofficial state motto became "Never again!", and in this spirit following the horrors of the Holocaust, German Wikipedians edit Wikipedia. Never again! is now. Kind regards, Ziko _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/ message/ZRFZVGVZK6GXPLDXS5PECSGD6CBHIMUU/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

Richard, Isn't the purpose of this mailing list to discuss topics related to the movement? I believe that when a community's decision to use movement resources affects other communities and affiliates, as well as the movement's vision, the movement and the foundation should speak out. Otherwise, there is no end to the personal interpretation of our movement's vision. Perhaps some editors on English Wikipedia would like to blackout ENWP in protest of Netflix's decision not to continue The Crown for another season. Isn't this an expression of freedom of culture and creativity? On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 8:58 PM Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote: