But only the editing interface of the API - not the reading interface? So this will only keep people from changing the site, rather than accessing the content?
Mike
On 17 Jan 2012, at 09:53, Gordon Joly wrote:
Looks like the API is also going to be down for 24 hours....
Gordo
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Mediawiki-api] Editing en.wp via API to be disabled on 18 January Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:20:38 -0800 From: Sumana Harihareswara sumanah@wikimedia.org Reply-To: MediaWiki API announcements & discussion mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org Organisation: Wikimedia Foundation To: mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/16/wikipedias-community-calls-for-anti-so...
Editing pages on English Wikipedia via the web service API will be disabled for 24 hours beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18, as part of the anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout.
-- Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator Wikimedia Foundation
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