Nicely put. Luckily we are all singing from the same song sheet.
Are you coming in?
A bit hectic here.
Quoting Richard Symonds <
richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk>:
> All,
>
>
>
> Just a followup email to let you know that the English Wikipedia community
> have decided on an action for the English Wikipedia with regard to the SOPA
> and PROTECT acts. The English Wikipedia will be blacked out, worldwide, from
> 5am GMT on 18 January. The blackout will last for roughly 24 hours. There's
> a timer counting down at
http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=0
> uid=2a1130f2-81f4-e3c4-7d37-0a1c1001632d>
> &h=0&sts=22114080&sln=5-6&a=show&euid=2a1130f2-81f4-e3c4-7d37-0a1c1001632d.
>
>
>
> If you get any UK press interest, forward them to Jon and me in the office
> on 020 7065 0990, or to
press@wikimedia.org.uk. We have a few volunteers
> with press experience who will be helping out, too (many thanks to them,
> they know who they are!) Bear in mind that tomorrow will be extremely busy
> in the WMF and WMUK offices, even though Wikipedia itself will be down. The
> key points to remember are:
>
> Jimmy or the WMF, and not Wikimedia UK. We all support the decision of the
> community, however - we're all in this together
>
> . These acts are something that will hurt the freedom of information
> globally, even though they're (on the surface) US laws. This may well affect
> every .com, .org or .net site worldwide
>
> . Non-English Wikipedias may (or may) be blacking out, depending on
> the views of their individual communities
>
>
>
> If you have any major problems over the course of the next 48 hours, or a
> press query, please get in touch. And if you're looking for something to do,
> Commons isn't being blacked out, and I imagine that there is a fair
> categorisation backlog.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
>
> Richard Symonds
>
> Office & Development Manager
>
> Wikimedia UK
>
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